[ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 37, Issue 54

[Justin Dugger]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Nicholas Kraak <lostoverthere at gmail.com> wrote:
> One of my favourite thing's about Ubuntu's colour scheme is how unlike other
> operating systems where they use a cold colour scheme (Windows, Mac OS X),
> Ubuntu sticks with a warm colour scheme. Also, in terms of professionalism,
> in my opinion Orange is a much more vibrant, exciting look rather then
> brown. Take a look at the Personification theme (
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Personification ).
> Although the theme itself looks pretty sloppy, I feel the colour scheme
> looks good. But I agree with you, Ubuntu is not up to scratch in terms of
> looks. I remember showing someone the default screenshots of Ubuntu and they
> were not impressed at all.
>
> I'm currently looking at some screenshots of Mac OS X 10.5, and I can see
> why Mac users love it so much. The desktop is truly a work of art.
> Nicholas (LostOverThere)

Screenshots alone are insufficient to really judge a theme or UI.  A
theme that looks good in a static shot can perform terribly, or simply
not work when held up to the way you use a desktop.  An example might
be the Gelatin theme that looks okay on screens but has a couple
problems currently (I know, I know work in progress. just an
illustrative and relevant example). The choice to color rather than
shade the active window in the window list is distracting, and
potentially conflicts with alert status.  It's not something you
notice until you use it yourself. One more reason mockups aren't worth
much, I guess.

Justin Dugger