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

Thu Dec 20 12:53:16 GMT 2007

I really like gold themes. Mixing gold and cream tones could be amazing.

Cheers.

2007/12/20, Andrew Laignel <a.laignel at ukdotcafe.com>:
>
> Adobe provide an amazing resource for creating and picking colour
> palettes at http://kuler.adobe.com/ Just typing 'brown' into the search
> box gets some quite nice pre-made selections for colourschemes.  It's
> Flash 9 only though :(
>
> I do agree with the thoughts on the brown usage being a bit full on.  I
> think a very light potentially cream or white wallpaper with a nice
> light hint colour used throughout the theme would help temper the
> intensity somewhat and provide some welcome contrast.
>
> Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > I really dig the ideas shown in your mockup. Using a bit of color in the
> > windows seems like a great idea to me - I was actually working on some
> ideas
> > along these lines). The thing that strikes me most is that the brown
> seems to
> > be used too much. In the past we have stuck to brown with light brown
> and
> > then perhaps orange highlights on some things) which really doesn't work
> well
> > and seems to give people the impression that brown=poop.
> >
> > I think that using a complimentary color would help a lot. Have you
> thought
> > about using a gradient from brown to grey in the windows? It might
> lighten
> > things up a bit, and in addition to using a compliment in the wallpaper
> (and
> > perhaps some highlights or such) would make things much livelier I
> think.
> >
> > I would be really interested in seeing some variations of your theme
> idea,
> > perhaps with a dark grey and light grey to show something more along the
> > lines of what people are used to seeing.
> >
> > I'll be posting some color palette ideas *really* soon (like tomorrow or
> so),
> > along with some basic things that we are looking for.
> >
> > --
> > Ken (kwwii)
> >
> > On Thursday 20 December 2007 00:05:31 Ken Vermette wrote:
> >
> >> I want to have at least 3 alternative colour variations in the end when
> all
> >> this is done and over with; Nobody said some of them couldn't have
> >> different buttons. Either way, it's easily doable, but first I want the
> >> main theme to get up-and-running before I make other flavors.
> >>
> >> Also: Linux works on tablet PC's? Well, I think I know what I'll be
> picking
> >> up when I have the chance. :)
> >>
> >> On Dec 19, 2007 1:54 PM, George Brooke <solar.george at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>  I guess it's just a matter of personal preference. Also I mainly use
> a
> >>> tablet pc so its easier to click on enclosed buttons than when using a
> >>> mouse. Maybe someone could create an alternative controls (is that
> >>> correct ?) theme for people who prefer rounded buttons.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> solar.george
> >>>
> >>> Ken Vermette wrote:
> >>>
> >>> One thing I need to say about Vista is they did good with the window
> >>> buttons. I'll give em credit where credit is due.
> >>>
> >>> A few weeks before I started this theme I read as many reviews and
> >>> interface guidelines as I could, and one was a review on GUI aspects
> of
> >>> Vista and OSX. While they come a dime a dozen, this one was
> >>> (surprisingly) neutral.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, when it was on topic about window buttons, one thing it
> mentioned
> >>> constantly was "slamming", where users will slam the mouse onto one
> edge
> >>> of the screen. So, as long as an element touches an edge or a corner
> >>> (which is why I'm tempted to make the X cover the complete corner of
> the
> >>> window) the user doesn't need to bother with carefully positioning the
> >>> mouse over the button.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> --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?ac
> >>>> tion=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/BasicIdeal
> >>>>>> s
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  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-m
> >>>>>>> urrine-configurator/
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Iacopo Masi
> >>>>>>>
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