[ubuntu-art] [TT-Blubuntu] Blubuntu Update: lsplashes and GTK theme update

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen]

2006/8/30, Who <mailforwho at googlemail.com>:
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> Hi all,
>
> I have updated the Blubuntu GTK Theme, and would appreciate it if
> people used it as their main theme for a while to test it out and see
> that they like the look and feel - I know I like it, but I'd like
> opinions: Specifically, I am worrying that the background colour may
> be a little to close to white (i have used #f6f6f6, like 'industrial'
> that I love so much :). Also, I find the shade of blue chosen is a
> nice tone that doesn't get in the way too much - do others agree? I am
> vaguely considering making the blue brighter and the background darker
> (I.E becoming more like Quicksilver...).


The bright background works ok here on my laptop. It is close to being too
much, but I guess that some people like it this way - but definitely not any
brighter :-). However, I'm a big fan of having the menu bg a bit brighter
than the ordinary bg, to make them stand out a bit. I haven't looked at the
gtkrc, but this does not appear to be used in your theme - the bright
standard bg also makes this difficult to do. This should be the main reason
for darkening the bg, imho.

I have also spent some time on the Blubuntu Login Splash:
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Blubuntu/BlubuntuLoginSplash
>
> Has a contact sheet of 11 ideas - tell me what you like :)


First - the jpeg compression does not do your work justice :-)  Espacially
the small logos look more blurred than they use to.

lsplash1 is good and fairly "standard", and would make a good candidate if
you want something not too special. lsplash5 is good in this regard too but
it appears that the white part on the left is not completely in fused with
the rest of the border.

lsplash9 has some kinda Zen-like tranquility to it. This is pretty cool
actually. That with a very light airy login sound might send people
meditating all over the place :-)

I am still without an original metacity for Blubuntu, so if you are
> good with metacity and want to help out then I'd love something using
> the colours in the GTK and the art, and maybe incorporating the water
> droplet style for the buttons without looking too much like OSX :)


Sorry, but I don't have the time to help you out here, asmuch as I would
like.

About Icons... Do we have a green flag on the nuevoXT icons - for inclusion
I mean? Or else Tango would be cool too.

Cheers,
Mikkel
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