[ubuntu-art] Brown rocks. Get over it and being default.

[Daniel Moore]

On 13/08/2008, at 8:08 AM, Julian Oliver wrote:

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>
> thankfully Ubuntu is taking something of a risk here, the last thing  
> the
> world needs is another blue theme.

I disagree, it might be hard for a bunch of GUI artists to see but a  
computer interface is not a piece of art. It doesn't need to stand out  
it needs to blend in, it needs to provide the minimum functionality  
with the minimum fuss. That's why al these mock-ups miss the point,  
sure they look nice and they're made by very talented people, but they  
put the window manager into centre stage and not the applications  
themselves. And it's been mentioned before, brown and orange are not  
good neutral colours, they're overpowering and ugly when used in this  
way - even though there have been some really very talented designs  
submitted that minimise the negative aspects of these colours.

To be sure brown and orange are wonderful colours when used properly,  
but if you want to compete with osx in terms of graphics go with  
neutral colours,  IMHO preferably gradients of grey.