[ubuntu-art] Moving things forwards.

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> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 02:31:17 +0000> From: mailforwho at googlemail.com> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Moving things forwards.> > On Jan 3, 2008 2:16 AM, Andrew Laignel <a.laignel at ukdotcafe.com> wrote:> > I think votes are valuable.  Not for seeing who likes a theme but rather> > who hates it.  Any overly stylised theme is going to polarise people> > How does a conventional 'vote for the one you like' allow us to see this?> > > into love it/hate it camps which should be avoided at all cost.  Ideally> > a default theme should not be even noticed by the public - being neutral> > and innofensive as possible should be the goal.  A perfect demonstration> > of this is Apple, where the current theme for OSX is crips, clean,> > stylish and probably as neutral as you can get - no loud colours,> > drastic layouts or hard edges.> > AFAIK, this has never been the aim for the Ubuntu default theme - and> I don't think it ever will be. Sometimes going for love it or hate it> beats going for bland. At least then people see it!> This is true.  The default gutsy wallpaper got a a LOT of exposure due to the massive 'hate it' response.http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Gutsy+Default?content=66683> As long as I can remember the Ubuntu Theme has been part of the> branding, something that helps make Ubuntu known, something for people> to talk about. From this point of view, it has worked very well - if> you see a screenshot of linux and it is brown, you _know_ it is ubuntu> - if you see a blue distro.... who knows...> > sabdfl has said this a few times in interviews - I thought in a mail> to this list sometime - but I can't find it...> > >> > This problem befell the Compiz logo effort.  I really hated the new one> > and thought the 2nd choice was a much stronger effort.  While the second> > choice did not elicit an equal poisitive response, it also did not get> > the same level of hatred as the 1st choice.> >> > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list> ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
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