I'm with Radomir on this one. -Adam
On 8/2/07, Radomir Dopieralski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 03:46:05PM -0400: > > On 8/2/07, Freddy Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, > > > okay I will :) > > > > but doesn't Kubuntu now use a rather purple color scheme by default? > > > It did for Edgy and Fiesty. Now its a lot more blue. > > > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyGibbon/Tribe3/Kubuntu > > > > > > Ah. It looks like they use a purple theme with a blue wallpaper and KDM, > > etc. > > > > Anyway, using green as Xubuntu's color scheme isn't a bad idea, as long > as > > those nasty pea soup greens are avoided. It could also facilitate a > switch > > from abstract wallpapers to some nature/landscape wallpapers, if anyone > > likes that idea. > > Sorry to butt in, but this kind of discussion and random changes isn't, in > my opinion, very constructive. I must admit I don't love the current > xubuntu's color scheme, and that it is hard to work with: blues are > generally sensitive to various artifacts of digital graphics, and the need > to keep it distinctive from the other "blue distros" seriously restricts > the palette you can use. Also, you have a very limited choice of the > second color -- usually just grays. I know because I tried to make some > themes for xfce matching its colors and more or less failed. > > Then again, changing it to random things just because someone thought it > would be better doesn't sound convincing -- remember that once it's > changed, it won't probably change anymore later, because changing it too > often would be a stretch. > > That's why I think that at least a half-finished project of new looks, > including the palette, icons, splash, login screen and backdrop, and > probably also gtk and xfce4 themes, would help to decide on a chenge much > better. Later, this would have to also include website, cd cover and > possibly styling of documentation and eventual promotional materials. > > Of course I'm talking about a *sketch*, concept art, maybe some guidelines > and characteristic elements -- full project is probably too much effort to > make it and then trash if it's not accepted. > > -- > Radomir `The Sheep' Dopieralski > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ <www.asciiribbon.org> - against proprietary attachments > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > -- http://wiki.debian.org/AdamMiller
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