[ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

[Yann Dìnendal]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 08:23, Bharat Varma <nbharatvarma at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Even though the New Human theme may not make it into 8.10, I am interested
> in seeing a specific color combination which is lighter but still uses New
> Human's GTK and Metacity.
>
> I have tried to put in these colors in New Human, but the output was
> inconsistent since New Human is still a work in progress. I have therefore
> chosen -
>
> GTK - Human Murrine
> Metacity - X Colors Lite (don't rmr where I got this from. Probably from
> clearlooks colors or murrine colors from gnome-look.org)
> Icons - Gion
> Fonts - Droid Sans
>
> The links below show a theme that is currently running on my box (Hardy).
> All I did was change a few colors.
>
> Do take a look at all the screenshots and let me know if you think this is
> a good direction to think about. Note that I have no idea whatsoever
> regarding UI or the colors that people like. Never touched Photoshop / Gimp
> and probably never will. However, the colors in this theme appealed to me.
> Let me know if they appeal to you too :)
>
> Active / Inactive Windows - with Desktop effects disabled ----
> http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=activeinactivedq5.png
>
> Appearance Preferences Dialog ---
> http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopappearancehk0.png
>
> Menus -- http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopmenusph1.png
>
> Totem (showing the Quantum of Solace HD trailer) --
> http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopqoslh0.png
>
> Firefox 3.0 showing news.google.com --
> http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firefoxds0.png
>
> Firefox 3.0 showing slashdot.org --
> http://img363.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firefoxslashdotmo1.png
>
> GEdit and preferences (can also see inactive/active windows with desktop
> effects enabled) -- http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=geditjr5.png
>
> Nautilus with sidebar --
> http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nautilussidebarff1.png
>
> Nautilus without sidebar (this is how I use Nautilus personally) --
> http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nautiluswithoutsidebartd8.png
>
> RhythmBox -- http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rhythmboxtj9.png
>
> Totem again and a folder of songs --
> http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=totemmusiciconssd6.png
>
> Desktop effects disabled again (menus, active and inactive windows) --
> http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=withoutcompizqh5.png
>
>
> --
> d-_-b


I think this is nice! We should look in this direction for the fallback
theme of the dark NewHuman instead of using again the same theme as in
Hardy...

screenshot -
> http://picasaweb.google.com/cogneato/UbuntuRelated/photo#5217703878919813170
>
> Ashton

I think we should use this wallpaper! The heron one has received great
critics! It should at least be in the community wallpapers!

*Yann Dìnendal*
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