[ubuntu-art] New Theme
Quim Calpe
quim at kalpe.com
Sat Aug 25 03:20:59 BST 2007
Yes, well... I just saw the screenshots I sent and the 2 windows haven't
the focus so title is blurred (greyed out), it's intended to be
white :-O but you get the idea (a new one attached).
Yes I agree more eyecandy could be good. The default Ubuntu theme is
pretty closed and they have reasons for that beyond aesthetics, but
having nice alternative themes is a great step forward IMO.
A clean, small fonts theme is something with a target audience out
there, at least I think so...
Quim
On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 02:04 +0200, Steph wrote:
> Your theme is cool, I personally don't like the fonts, but it's clear
> and simple. Could easily replace one of the default theme of Ubuntu.
> But still, Im sure we can find something more "eye candy". I'll tell
> you soon my prefered Gnome-look themes, and you'll tell me what you
> think about it.
>
> Later,
>
> Steph
>
>
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> 1. Re: white blur around text wanted/needed (Troy James
> Sobotka)
> 2. Re: white blur around text wanted/needed (Matthew Nuzum)
> 3. New Theme (Steph)
> 4. Re: New Theme (Salvador Sarpi)
> 5. Re: New Theme (Quim Calpe)
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> From: Troy James Sobotka <troy.sobotka at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu Art Mailing List <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:23:57 -0700
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] white blur around text wanted/needed
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> Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As seen in these screens:
> >
> http://gnomestyle.blogspot.com/2007/05/make-ubuntu-look-like-vista.html
> >
> > It is possible to have a nice blur around the text to help
> it stand out when
> > overlayed and transparent.
> >
> > Anyone interested in hacking such and effect into our
> windeco stuff?
> >
>
>
> That isn't metacity. That's Emerald.
>
> It isn't easily possible with Metacity unless you tried a
> stepped
> gradient of offsetting the text.
>
> Sincerely,
> TJS
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> From: "Matthew Nuzum" < newz at bearfruit.org>
> To: "Ubuntu Art Mailing List" <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:44:24 -0500
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] white blur around text wanted/needed
> On 8/24/07, Troy James Sobotka <troy.sobotka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > > As seen in these screens:
> > >
> http://gnomestyle.blogspot.com/2007/05/make-ubuntu-look-like-vista.html
> > >
> > > It is possible to have a nice blur around the text to help
> it stand out when
> > > overlayed and transparent.
>
> > That isn't metacity. That's Emerald.
>
> Is metacity or emerald used when desktop effects are enabled
> for
> Gutsy? I don't see either in `ps ax` (but I do see
> compiz.real).
>
> Also, a cool thing about that screenshot (and vista's
> translucent
> chrome) is that there is a heavy blur applied to the
> translucency. It
> makes the text on the title bar much more readable.
> --
> Matthew Nuzum
> newz2000 on freenode
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Message transféré ----------
> From: Steph <orkerone at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:47:08 +0200
> Subject: [ubuntu-art] New Theme
> Hi everybody, first thing I'll ask is to forgive my English,
> I'm French.
>
> It has been said on the french forum that Ubuntu was actually
> very ugly. Go to your friends's houses, boot on the Live CD
> and you'll see most of them saying "creepy ! I'll keep
> Vista !". And we have to admit that the only good thing in
> Vista is the Aero interface. No need to talk about OSX, it has
> always been quite beautiful, and no wonder why the most
> downloaded themes on Gnome-Look.org are some OSX look-alike
> ones.
>
> Now check Ubuntu's default themes. Human and Glossy are
> correct, other ones are really old and ugly. On the seven
> themes integrated, two looks correct, but still old, and the
> other ones are just as beautiful as Win95. Why can't we add a
> few modern themes ? Just one or two, that could replace the
> Crux or Glider themes (have a look).
>
> See, Ubuntu aims to be a distro for everyone. Mr Everyone is
> not stupid, but still he's often a n00b :D . So the thing he's
> gonna look first is design. How to convince Mr Everyone
> Ubuntu's a great OS ? By showing him a nice design, something
> that looks clear, simple and efficace. Then everything will
> "Just Work" and all this on a nice theme :).
>
> Now, the solutions. If everyone agrees of course. I've talked
> a little with Brian Ward (author of this nice orb :
> http://www.brianward.us/myspace/public/ubuntu-orb.png :) and
> agreeing to what I just said, we told that creating a totally
> new theme would be some really hard work, and with the tons of
> themes available on Gnome-look.org, would be time wasted. So
> what we thought was to make a selection of the best themes on
> Gnome-look.org (Aero and OSX-like excluded of course), then
> try to mix everything in a new, fresh, modern themes.
>
> Who wanna join ? :)
>
>
> ---------- Message transféré ----------
> From: "Salvador Sarpi" <ssarpi at adev.cl>
> To: <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:04:25 -0400
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] New Theme
>
> i think the same
>
> and i know that a lot other ubuntu and non-ubuntu users think
> that too, maybe we dont need to change the ubuntu-theme, but
> we can do better themes than the ones that ubuntu includes.
>
> appart of including fresh new themes, there are a few that
> could be remade. for example the high contrast theme, or maybe
> include a minimalistic one.
>
> i'm in.
>
> sorry for my bad english.
>
> Salvador Sarpi
> Temuco, Chile S.A.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steph
> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 6:47 PM
> Subject: [ubuntu-art] New Theme
>
>
>
> Hi everybody, first thing I'll ask is to forgive my
> English, I'm French.
>
> It has been said on the french forum that Ubuntu was
> actually very ugly. Go to your friends's houses, boot
> on the Live CD and you'll see most of them saying
> "creepy ! I'll keep Vista !". And we have to admit
> that the only good thing in Vista is the Aero
> interface. No need to talk about OSX, it has always
> been quite beautiful, and no wonder why the most
> downloaded themes on Gnome-Look.org are some OSX
> look-alike ones.
>
> Now check Ubuntu's default themes. Human and Glossy
> are correct, other ones are really old and ugly. On
> the seven themes integrated, two looks correct, but
> still old, and the other ones are just as beautiful as
> Win95. Why can't we add a few modern themes ? Just one
> or two, that could replace the Crux or Glider themes
> (have a look).
>
> See, Ubuntu aims to be a distro for everyone. Mr
> Everyone is not stupid, but still he's often a
> n00b :D . So the thing he's gonna look first is
> design. How to convince Mr Everyone Ubuntu's a great
> OS ? By showing him a nice design, something that
> looks clear, simple and efficace. Then everything will
> "Just Work" and all this on a nice theme :).
>
> Now, the solutions. If everyone agrees of course. I've
> talked a little with Brian Ward (author of this nice
> orb :
> http://www.brianward.us/myspace/public/ubuntu-orb.png :) and agreeing to what I just said, we told that creating a totally new theme would be some really hard work, and with the tons of themes available on Gnome-look.org, would be time wasted. So what we thought was to make a selection of the best themes on Gnome-look.org (Aero and OSX-like excluded of course), then try to mix everything in a new, fresh, modern themes.
>
> Who wanna join ? :)
>
>
>
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> ---------- Message transféré ----------
> From: Quim Calpe <quim at kalpe.com>
> To: ubuntu-art <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:27:25 +0200
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] New Theme
>
>
> I also agree, what about a simple and clean design? I mean
> small fonts, plain colors, something cute and effective.
>
> Attached an example, of course it needs work, it's possibly
> too simplistic...
>
> Quim
>
> On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 19:04 -0400, Salvador Sarpi wrote:
>
> > i think the same
> >
> > and i know that a lot other ubuntu and non-ubuntu users
> > think that too, maybe we dont need to change the
> > ubuntu-theme, but we can do better themes than the ones that
> > ubuntu includes.
> >
> > appart of including fresh new themes, there are a few that
> > could be remade. for example the high contrast theme, or
> > maybe include a minimalistic one.
> >
> > i'm in.
> >
> > sorry for my bad english.
> >
> > Salvador Sarpi
> > Temuco, Chile S.A.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steph
> > To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 6:47 PM
> > Subject: [ubuntu-art] New Theme
> >
> >
> > Hi everybody, first thing I'll ask is to forgive my
> > English, I'm French.
> >
> > It has been said on the french forum that Ubuntu was
> > actually very ugly. Go to your friends's houses,
> > boot on the Live CD and you'll see most of them
> > saying "creepy ! I'll keep Vista !". And we have to
> > admit that the only good thing in Vista is the Aero
> > interface. No need to talk about OSX, it has always
> > been quite beautiful, and no wonder why the most
> > downloaded themes on Gnome-Look.org are some OSX
> > look-alike ones.
> >
> > Now check Ubuntu's default themes. Human and Glossy
> > are correct, other ones are really old and ugly. On
> > the seven themes integrated, two looks correct, but
> > still old, and the other ones are just as beautiful
> > as Win95. Why can't we add a few modern themes ?
> > Just one or two, that could replace the Crux or
> > Glider themes (have a look).
> >
> > See, Ubuntu aims to be a distro for everyone. Mr
> > Everyone is not stupid, but still he's often a
> > n00b :D . So the thing he's gonna look first is
> > design. How to convince Mr Everyone Ubuntu's a great
> > OS ? By showing him a nice design, something that
> > looks clear, simple and efficace. Then everything
> > will "Just Work" and all this on a nice theme :).
> >
> > Now, the solutions. If everyone agrees of course.
> > I've talked a little with Brian Ward (author of this
> > nice orb :
> > http://www.brianward.us/myspace/public/ubuntu-orb.png :) and agreeing to what I just said, we told that creating a totally new theme would be some really hard work, and with the tons of themes available on Gnome-look.org, would be time wasted. So what we thought was to make a selection of the best themes on Gnome-look.org (Aero and OSX-like excluded of course), then try to mix everything in a new, fresh, modern themes.
> >
> > Who wanna join ? :)
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________________________
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