[ubuntu-art] Where's the official proposed theme idea?

Daniel Moore daniel.a.moore at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 00:51:21 GMT 2007 


>>
>>
>> While it doesn't sound like a big deal, it's just another thing to  
>> look at. If I rounded the corner then the button would need to be  
>> 1 or 2 pixels lower to accommodate the top-edge, breaking the  
>> users ability to slam.


You can't slam with floating (non maximised) windows. Mac user can  
always slam because of the unified tool bar at the top.



>>
>>
>> --Ken Vermette
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2007 6:28 AM, George Brooke  
>> <solar.george at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> How about making the window close minimise ect. icons rounded off  
>> at the top rather like the main menu.
>>
>> solar.george
>>
>>
>> Ken Vermette wrote:
>>>
>>> It's kind of like a mold... Like it or not, it kind grows on you.  
>>> I hated my windows when I made them, and I have a gallery of  
>>> hideous window ideas that I hope will never see the light of day.
>>>
>>> Orange is really just a highlight colour in this theme, so it'll  
>>> proballbly look odd on the theme until some widgets are added.  
>>> When they get added though, hopefully the additional orange in  
>>> the theme will make it feel more balanced. I lightened up the  
>>> brown and slightly altered the orange - so it should hopefully be  
>>> a bit better. I can't really use any other colours (even if I  
>>> think they'll look better) because I want to stick to the  
>>> official Ubuntu colour pallet.
>>>
>>> I'm actively planning a small set of variations in popular  
>>> colours; I don't think there will be a way to change the colours  
>>> via the colour menu - unless there's a hue-shifting algorithm  
>>> involved (similar to the one implemented in Vista or Windowblinds).
>>>
>>> Anyway, there's another update up on the wiki:
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/ 
>>> BasicIdeals?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=fulldesk%28svg% 
>>> 29_v3_2.jpg
>>>
>>> the XCF and SVG sources have been updated aswell; the XCF  
>>> actually has everything in it now, I uploaded a half-finished XCF  
>>> file on the first version, but the new one will be much better  
>>> for people who want to use or edit content because it's complete.  
>>> For anyone wanting to make a mockup using the files, the Mock-ups  
>>> are first edited/rendered in InkScape, then are imported into the  
>>> bottom layer of the XCF. You could delete the BG in inkscape and  
>>> export a transparent PNG to create a render suitable for porting  
>>> into other themes.
>>>
>>> Thanks as always,
>>> --Ken V
>>>
>>> On Dec 18, 2007 12:42 PM, Corey Woodworth  
>>> <coreywoodworth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> At first I didn't like this theme, but it is really growing on  
>>> me. Of coarse there are things that still need work. The orange  
>>> in the theme feels out of place. It just doesn't fit it because  
>>> of how heavy the browns are. I think using white as the selected  
>>> item color in the menus would look a lot better. I also think  
>>> that the notification area needs to use different colors. It  
>>> needs to stand out more. Now it hardly stands out at all since it  
>>> is the same color as the background behind it, and of most  
>>> windows. Speaking of the windows, I really like the way the  
>>> titlebar and menu bar are visuially connected int the active  
>>> window. In the unactive window where it looks like just a  
>>> gradient from brown to tan looks very ugly to me.
>>>
>>> I think this theme is about the prettiest a brown theme could be,  
>>> but we would still get a lot of flac from the brown haters if  
>>> this were default. I hope that it works well with the color  
>>> options in the appearence settings so that keeping the theme but  
>>> using a different  color is just a couple of clicks worth of work.
>>>
>>> Corey
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 17, 2007 9:30 PM, Ken Vermette <vermette at gmail.com > wrote:
>>> Got the link, and thanks to Racoqster for the quick post on the  
>>> blog. I know about every language BUT python, so I can try to  
>>> learn python this weekend and assist in coding later if  
>>> absolutely necessary; Would it be possible to work without the  
>>> configurator?
>>>
>>>
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/BasicIdeals
>>>
>>> The Wiki has been updated to include a mockup with all current  
>>> elements - and links to the SVG source and XCF source are  
>>> directly below the image. I'll be downloading some themes that  
>>> resemble mine (in their technical composition) and start to  
>>> figure out how we could get this beast into a live environment!  
>>> The XCF source is almost useless, but it can make life easy if  
>>> anyone wants to make a mockup with icons & text.
>>>
>>> The large mockup doesn't include the most recent requests  
>>> (several of which will be integrated), but it gives the closest  
>>> impression to what a full desktop would look like right now -  
>>> barring the lack of widgets.
>>>
>>> Thanks all;
>>> -- Ken V
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 17, 2007 7:51 PM, Iacopo Masi <iacopo.masi.list at gmail.com  
>>> > wrote:
>>> On 12/17/07, Ken Vermette <vermette at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > There's go GTK yet, currently most of the work is going into  
>>> mockups. I need
>>> > to get ahold of the Murrine Developer Andrea Cimitan, and see  
>>> about getting
>>> > information on the Transparent GTK tweaks before I start making  
>>> the mockups
>>> > live graphics.
>>>
>>> Cimi will release the code when a Murrine Configurator should be
>>> available so we must work towards the murrine configurator in pygtk.
>>>
>>> take a look at
>>>
>>> http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2007/12/16/searching-coders-for-the- 
>>> murrine-configurator/
>>> --
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