[ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Realistically speaking we won't make this the default for 8.10 anyway, unless
> we can fix all the many problems apps seem to have using dark themes. For now
> it is a test which hurts nobody during an alpha.
>
> I even question how many people are actually running the alpha and not just
> formulating their opinions based on screenshots.
>
>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080629-horny-for-ubuntu-8-10-first-l
>>ook-at-intrepid-ibex.html
>
> Actually, I think that this description of the theme fits pretty well. I'll
> say it again, we are testing a dark theme to find out whether it is even
> possible to use one or not. We are collecting information the best way
> possible --> by putting a dark theme in an important distro which is seen by
> many BEFORE it really makes a difference (and while there is still time to
> revert).

>> currently, the criticisms are spread both too widely and in contexts not
>> constructive to collating well-meaning, useful feedback..
>
> I am in the process of creating a feedback page in which people can post the
> problems they are having with apps (and screenshots thereof) so that we get
> an overview of things and find out where the problems are. I'll post more
> about this soon. In any case it will not be a page in which people can vent
> their hatred and nasty comments - that is what the forum is for ;-) (the
> second half of that poorly formed sentence was a joke).

Some people on planet.ubuntu.com should blog about this in order to
get more constructive feedback. I saw on that forums comment linked
previously someone alluded to bugs in apps they used, which is the
wrong place to do that. :-(  Just the feedback we wanted but not in a
way we can easily use.

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Matthew Nuzum
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