Yep, I think a Samsung S7 style "always on" lock screen with minimal graphics for notifications etc could be nice (for devices with amoled screens). I think we are going to be looking at revisiting the infographic soon so this could tie in with that project.
Ability to change default theme from system settings - I guess best way to address that is to raise a bug - I think MPT has been working on System Settings so maybe ping him too on IRC. On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Felipe De La Puente <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I think it's a good idea to recommend app developers to use the default > theme, but keeping their freedom to opt out and use custom coloring at > their own risk (of having wrong combinations between the app colors and the > theme in use by the device). > > It would be interesting for the user to have a way to influence the design > of what's shown in the screen. We could have states like: > standby_display_on, standby_display_low_pwr and standby_display_off. > > Then the user can select (and may be layout) the information to show in > the different "states". > > Best Regards, > Felipe. > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:35 AM, Zsombor Egri <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Let's get back to the list too. >> >> I agree with Zoltan about the opportunity to show something on the lock >> screen. But there we are back to the multitasking dilemma :) >> >> And yes, Jouni, we can only see if apps behave well with different theme >> selection if we try it. It is the same with anything else we do: we wills >> when we deploy it and apps will start adapting. Some apps are stuck with >> dark or light theme, like Music App is always dark, as it is designed to >> be dark. And I'm not sure whether all apps have to apply the system theme, >> simply because they don't look good in any other theme :) >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Zoltán Balogh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> First of all I think this correction is not addressing power users but >>> very avarage consumers. >>> >>> The simple point of the AMOLED is that more black () pixels we use >>> longer the battery lasts :) >>> >>> As far as I know the benefit is kind of linearly growing between #111111 >>> and #000000. >>> >>> But the generic battery saving feature is just one thing. The >>> opportunity to use creative lock screen instead of switched off display is >>> great in my view. For almost non significant power cost we can show the >>> time and missed calls, number of received messages and weather information >>> when the phone is off. Because few percent of the screen is actually used >>> for that. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Zoltan >>> >>> >>> On 26/02/16 00:02, Jouni Helminen wrote: >>> >>> Yeah it would be nice to be able change the default theme from system >>> settings for power users. Not sure how it would look across apps/scopes but >>> I guess only one way to find out! >>> >>> Also, correct me if I'm wrong but the battery savings on AMOLED are only >>> there if the black is pure black, #000000? The black we use on the current >>> dark theme is not pure black, so would need to be adjusted on that theme >>> for that purpose >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Zsombor Egri < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Jamie, no need to tweak the Suru dark theme, we can have a black theme >>>> also, which would be used in these kind of displays... Ideal would be to be >>>> able to change the system theme from settings. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Jamie Young < >>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Absolutely! We should look into how we can use Suru Dark more, there's >>>>> been quite a bit work put into making it work :-) >>>>> >>>>> J >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:12 AM Zsombor Egri < >>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think if we clone and tweak a bit the SuruDark theme, we would be >>>>>> there! I've included Jamie and Jouni in case they don't get the >>>>>> message... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 11:42 PM, Felipe De La Puente < >>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Zoltán Balogh < >>>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am super excited about the announcement of the Meizu Pro 5 and I >>>>>>>> know that it will be my next personal phone :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One important detail about the hw spec made me think about our UI >>>>>>>> skins. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> AMOLED displays as many of you know do consume dramatically >>>>>>>> different amount of power depending on the color and the brightness >>>>>>>> used >>>>>>>> on the screen. A pitch black background with a digital clock and some >>>>>>>> small >>>>>>>> info graphics consumes very little power. That enables us to be more >>>>>>>> creative with the screen then just dimming it off. Also, using black >>>>>>>> background for apps and scopes or at least dark colors would increase >>>>>>>> battery time of devices with AMOLED display. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I would be very happy if we would have such theme and lock screen >>>>>>>> for this fantastic device. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> bzoltan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Mailing list: <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone> >>>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>>>> Post to : <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> Unsubscribe : <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone> >>>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>>>> More help : <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>>>>>>> https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Mailing list: <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone> >>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>>> Post to : <[email protected]> >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> Unsubscribe : <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone> >>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>>> More help : <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>>>>>> https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jamie Young >>>>> Design lead >>>>> Platform & Apps >>>>> >>>>> Design Team >>>>> Canonical UK Ltd >>>>> +44 7890 098672 <%2B44%207890%20098672> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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