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Re: Readers are commenting on ubuntu's intrepid look and feel > (jmak) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:57:28 -0400 > From: jmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Readers are commenting on ubuntu's intrepid look and feel > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > The look and feel of Ubuntu Intrepid invoked very strong opinions > among digg.com > (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_8_10_Intrepid_Ibex_Alpha_1_Screenshots) > readership. Here are some of them. > ------ > > "What a hideous theme, what really, really worries me is that they > even remotely considered something like this let alone made it > available. > > Whoever designed it should be shot." > > --------- > > "I have to agree." > > ---- > > "While I hope nobody will be *shot*, I have to agree that this theme is > poor. > It's unappealing to look at, looks worse when apps are running in it > (OpenOffice is hideous) and its colour scheme is particularly ugly." > > ----- > > WTF ..Is this for real ?? > > ------ > > "The theme literally looks like ***** was smeared all over the > monitor. Not that I could do any better, but this theme gives me a > feeling less like "human" and more like "sewer"." > > ------- > > "Ugg...I thought the color scheme was supposed to include BLACK. Not > ugly mud-crap-brown..." > > ----- > "The theme is not what I was expecting... I was hoping for something a > little less... dark brown, like the color of my *****." > > ------ > "Video Conferencing with Nelson Mandela on Ubuntu?" > > ----- > > Up until sunday night, not a single positve comment. Amazing. > > jmak > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:38:53 +0100 > From: George Brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Readers are commenting on ubuntu's intrepid look and feel > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:57:28 -0400 > jmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The look and feel of Ubuntu Intrepid invoked very strong opinions >> among digg.com >> (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_8_10_Intrepid_Ibex_Alpha_1_Screenshots) >> readership. >> <snip> >> Up until sunday night, not a single positve comment. Amazing. >> >> jmak >> > The first thing that I thought was - that looks good - I guess they'd > be slagging ubuntu off for bring a rip off if it was closer to win/osx. > > solar.george > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/attachments/20080630/7f5987be/attachment-0001.pgp > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:48:58 +0200 > From: Jelle de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Readers are commenting on ubuntu's intrepid look and feel > To: Xubuntu Development Discussion <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > jmak wrote: >> The look and feel of Ubuntu Intrepid invoked very strong opinions >> among digg.com >> (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_8_10_Intrepid_Ibex_Alpha_1_Screenshots) >> readership. Here are some of them. >> ------ >> >> "What a hideous theme, what really, really worries me is that they >> even remotely considered something like this let alone made it >> available. >> >> Whoever designed it should be shot." >> >> --------- >> >> "I have to agree." >> >> ---- >> >> "While I hope nobody will be *shot*, I have to agree that this theme is >> poor. >> It's unappealing to look at, looks worse when apps are running in it >> (OpenOffice is hideous) and its colour scheme is particularly ugly." >> >> ----- >> >> WTF ..Is this for real ?? >> >> ------ >> >> "The theme literally looks like ***** was smeared all over the >> monitor. Not that I could do any better, but this theme gives me a >> feeling less like "human" and more like "sewer"." >> >> ------- >> >> "Ugg...I thought the color scheme was supposed to include BLACK. Not >> ugly mud-crap-brown..." >> >> ----- >> "The theme is not what I was expecting... I was hoping for something a >> little less... dark brown, like the color of my *****." >> >> ------ >> "Video Conferencing with Nelson Mandela on Ubuntu?" >> >> ----- >> >> Up until sunday night, not a single positve comment. Amazing. >> >> jmak >> > > I have to agree with the comments, the theming of ubuntu and xubuntu has > been getting worser and worser with the last releases: there are a few > good guidelines: > - KiSS (keep it Simple Stupid) > - Less is More > - If it works don't change it to much > > If you look at Fedora theming, things are getting cleaner and cleaner > every release they improve what they have and don't switch every release. > > As i sad before in other messages, if you change the looks and feels, > make this an option. Keep the normal behavior as default, make it easy > to switch to a new look and feel, let users vote and comment on the best > layout, and if the majority accepts the new looks and feels, switch the > new and default behavior but make it easy to revert back. So backwards > compatibility! > > Meaning all artwork should be packaged correctly with sub-packages, so > changing looks and feels,can be done by installing and removing artwork > packages. > > Just some of my thoughts on sustainable artwork management, > > Kind regards, > > Jelle > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:39:18 -0300 > From: "Cody A.W. Somerville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Fwd: Tracking of release critical bugs > To: "Xubuntu Development Discussion" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Xubuntu Developers, > > Please see the below forwarded message for details on how we'll be > tracking > release critical bugs for Intrepid. > > Cheers, > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Henrik Nilsen Omma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:32 PM > Subject: Tracking of release critical bugs > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Dear developers, > > Launchpad has both the concepts of target for a release and milestone > targets, which different groups use for different purposes. At UDS > Prague we held a session on updating the procedures used for tracking > Release Critical bugs to ensure clarity around how these settings are > used in the context of a release. > > The updated policy is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RCBugTargetting > In brief it states: > > * Bugs are considered Release Critical when they are targeted for a > release > _and_ have priority High or above > > * Release Critical bugs should all have designated assignees responsible > for fixing the bug > > * Bugs that are targeted for a release but have priorities Medium or below > are targets of opportunity that should be fixed if possible but will not > block the release > > * Bug targeted for a release _and_ milestoned are considered essential for > the success of that particular milestone > > * Milestones on non-targeted bugs can be used by developers to track their > own work > > > Please read these guidelines and help us apply them consistently. This > will ensure that Release Critical bugs show up on the appropriate > Launchpad tracking pages and get the attention they require. Thank you. > > > Henrik Nilsen Omma > Ubuntu QA Team > > > -- > ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce > > > > -- > Cody A.W. Somerville > Software Engineer > Red Cow Marketing & Technologies, Inc. > Office: 506-458-1290 > Toll Free: 1-877-733-2699 > Fax: 506-453-9112 > Cell: 506-449-5899 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.redcow.ca > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/attachments/20080630/96c7ae8a/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:43:04 -0400 > From: jmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Readers are commenting on ubuntu's intrepid look and feel > To: "Xubuntu Development Discussion" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Jelle de Jong > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> jmak wrote: >>> The look and feel of Ubuntu Intrepid invoked very strong opinions >>> among digg.com >>> (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_8_10_Intrepid_Ibex_Alpha_1_Screenshots) >>> readership. Here are some of them. >>> ------ >>> >>> "What a hideous theme, what really, really worries me is that they >>> even remotely considered something like this let alone made it >>> available. >>> >>> Whoever designed it should be shot." >>> >>> --------- >>> >>> "I have to agree." >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> "While I hope nobody will be *shot*, I have to agree that this theme is >>> poor. >>> It's unappealing to look at, looks worse when apps are running in it >>> (OpenOffice is hideous) and its colour scheme is particularly ugly." >>> >>> ----- >>> >>> WTF ..Is this for real ?? >>> >>> ------ >>> >>> "The theme literally looks like ***** was smeared all over the >>> monitor. Not that I could do any better, but this theme gives me a >>> feeling less like "human" and more like "sewer"." >>> >>> ------- >>> >>> "Ugg...I thought the color scheme was supposed to include BLACK. Not >>> ugly mud-crap-brown..." >>> >>> ----- >>> "The theme is not what I was expecting... I was hoping for something a >>> little less... dark brown, like the color of my *****." >>> >>> ------ >>> "Video Conferencing with Nelson Mandela on Ubuntu?" >>> >>> ----- >>> >>> Up until sunday night, not a single positve comment. Amazing. >>> >>> jmak >>> >> > >> let users vote and comment on the best >> layout, and if the majority accepts the new looks and feels, >> > > As a general rule, users should be never allowed to vote, even if they > are right. This case demonstrates that look and feel should be given > more priority. > > jmak > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > End of xubuntu-devel Digest, Vol 34, Issue 15 > ********************************************* >
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