[ubuntu-art] Mark has Thrown Down the Gauntlet!

[Salane Ashcraft]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Kim Kahns <post at kims-area.com> wrote:
> Am 24.07.2008 15:48:28 schrieb(en) Salane Ashcraft:
>> Ok well I posted them a while back, about a month ago. I am working
>> on
>> creating a small team, and hopefully I can get some things done. i
>> almost think that we need to wait a bit for Icons - as what I have
>> been working on looks great with the current icons. Mark wants in 2
>> years for us to have moved to the point of surpassing OS X - So I
>> think we can create this theme, change the fonts, the work on icons
>> for the next release, while making improvements to theme in
>> preparation for the next LTS.
>>
>
>
> Here is my opionion on the various topics:
> 1.
> Ubuntu will never look as polished as OSX, at least not with GTK 2.0
> and brown/orange colors.

I have seen very good Gtk themes, but you are right- orange/brown will
not do it.

> 2.
> The person who writes a guideline should have real knowledge about
> gtk-theming, because you can't create a usefull guideline and mockups
> if you don't know the limitations (just look at all the mockups, they
> don't show new styles - they show completly new guis...).
> 3.
> An Ibex is not good for a desktop-style. It's just a "code name", stop
> focussing on the animals.
> 4.
> Packaging would be a good thing, but it's not necessary for creating a
> theme, only for shipping it.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Update of the Human 2 theme
>
> - fixed gnome-volume-manager notebook bg-color (see screenshot)
> - dark panel style
> - rounded range sliders
>
> Screenshot: http://kims-area.com/human2.png
> The updated theme is attached.
>
>
> ~Kim Kahns (Kimmik)
>
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