[ubuntu-art] Who is our target audience?

[Andrew Laignel]

Firstly Merry Christmas - I am off and wont be back 'till after.  Hope 
santa is good to you all!

Secondly I agree.  When I undertake a traditional graphic design project 
or website, I'll usually do a mockup, the client will then say if they 
like it/hate it and suggest changes.  When your creating something it's 
hard to see the wood for the trees a lot of the time and you lack the 
ability to take a new look at it as you know it so well already.  It 
takes a critical outside eye to bring your attention to everything you 
missed.

It would be a shame to get to the end of the process and whoever in 
charge says 'nope, I don't like any' when the situation could have 
easily been avoided with regular feedback from the people up top.

xl cheese wrote:
> That is the question we need to ask.  Do we want to target noobs to linux or the vets of linux?   Maybe I'm wrong, but new linux and novice computer users are typically enticed with eye candy.  It's the veteran linux users that like things functional and plain.  
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> I would submit that we want to bias the artwork towards new users and have it on the bold side of things.  Long time users generally change the default right off the bat anyway.  
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> At any rate, I think it's safe to say that we, the Art Team, are getting anxious for the folks on top of the totem pole to throw us a bone and show us something official.  At least a hint of what they're thinking would be nice!  ;)  That way our enthusiasm and efforts would be directed at producing relevant fruit.
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