[ubuntu-art] My idea for Edgy (warning, lots of ranting!)

[Billy]

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 02:34 -0500, Billy wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 11:03 +1000, Pascal Klein wrote: 
> 
> > On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 14:38 -0400, Viper550 wrote:
> > > Now that Dapper is behind us, I've got big plans and ideas for Edgy's 
> > > artwork, Originality is just one of them:
> > > 
> > > We all know that the first "theme cycle" of Ubuntu is over. Dapper and 
> > > the Human Level is done with, so we need a new color scheme. My proposal 
> > > for the new color scheme of Edgy is what I like to call: Frozen.
> > > 
> > > I know the following statement will also effect the future of Ubuntu, 
> > > but what I'd really like to see is the next Ubuntu themes to be based 
> > > off the 5 elements of Japanese philosophy. These 5 elements are Earth, 
> > > Water, Fire, Wind, and Void. Warty to Dapper have covered Earth (a.k.a. 
> > > Human), so the next item in the order of the elements would be Water. 
> > > But, Mark didn't go with blue by default because he wanted to 
> > > differentiate Ubuntu from the rest with a unique color scheme (Brown). 
> > > Going along with that, I decided to still go with Water...but in a 
> > > different form: Ice. Attached is my mockup of what this Frozen theme 
> > > would look like (using Ubuntulooks and Human Metacity).
> > > 
> > > But, my goal for Edgy is to make an entire suite of ORIGINAL artwork to 
> > > be there by default. Except for the Ubuntulooks Engine (which should 
> > > stay, because we like it and all), I want every piece of artwork in Edgy 
> > > to be original, not based off anything, built from scratch. I've been 
> > > concerned that the Ubuntu installations have not had 100% original 
> > > Artwork. On the first version, we used Industrial and a theme based off 
> > > Glider, 5.04 at least used the ClearLooks engine, but still that 
> > > Metacity theme stayed! Now for Dapper, we do have an original Theme 
> > > engine (based off ClearLooks), we have a brand new original icon set 
> > > (built from scratch!), but now your "Human" metacity is based off 
> > > ClearLooks 2 Metacity. Why can't we have 100% original stuff?! And I can 
> > > even tell the difference between Human Metacity and ClearLooks 2 
> > > Metacity (slightly different buttons). Even worse, we had several GREAT 
> > > metacity suggestions on the wiki that we completely ignored!
> > > 
> > > There, now that my rant is over, let me catch my breath...
> > > 
> > > Viper550
> > > 
> > 
> > We differ ourselves a lot from other distributions and one of the ways
> > we intend to achieve that is through the desktop. Although we may
> > disagree with the way the new Human icon set is currently being
> > developed, or the themes and styles it uses and so on, we are going down
> > one chosen path and that is a 'Human' feel.
> > 
> > Not everyone likes the brown and orange tones or the new icon set but
> > feedback has shown that the originality already expressed through the
> > released artwork is good and generally people like it.
> > 
> > The primary colours used, the styles and general feel of the Ubuntu
> > desktop has been decided upon. We have an original theme, with an
> > original icon set and changing that every second release is not what we
> > plan to do.
> > 
> > If users do not like the Human artwork they are free to change it to any
> > of the other themes provided with main.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Pascal Klein
> 
> 
> Yes, and the idea that there should be just primary colors is why
> ubuntu art falls short of the mark. Do you have a second choice in
> Windows? Do you have second choice in mac? I've said it many times.
> Why not linux? Why not Ubuntu? People have repeatedly asked for it
> from Ubuntu's beginning and everytime this 'Human' branding thing is
> stated. Human/Ubuntu branding would not be lost by offering an
> alternative. It would howerver give people a choice and Ubuntu is
> Linux above and before everything else.
> 
> http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/theme/devel/Human-Metathemes.png
> 


Choice is good business. Strangely, many include color in their choice
of whether to install or buy. If they knew they had a few choices, or
even one they wanted. They wouldn't install or buy something else. Just
ask GM and Ford. They've learned the hard way.
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