On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 8:25 PM, jmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:38 PM, jmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello all, > >> > >> Please read this article. > >> > >> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9419 > >> > >> I have been advocating something similar since day one, but always > >> ignored. We need to pay more attention to xubuntu's aesthetics. > > > > The gist of that article as I see it is that not too many people should > be > > working on Ubuntu's artwok - and those who do, should be good at it. What > > kind of reply do you expect here? > > > >> > > Vincent, > > I posted this link to draw attention to the visual features that > should be given more priority in xubuntu. > One component doesn't make the desktop "pretty" (like many people > mistakenly believe, for instance wallpaper) but all the components > (usplash, gdm, theme, icons, panel, fonts) together. Like in the > symphony, every instruments have to work, in accord with each other > > Yes, after so many years, they start realizing that the programmers > paradigm doesn't work in art (that everyone does a bit and at the end > put all the bits and pieces together). This method produces a horrible > patchwork. >
OK, so what do you suggest? > > jmak > -- Vincent
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