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

[michael miller]

I am new to this whole mailing list concept so if I break any rules of
etiquette, feel free to let me know. I have only included the part of the
message that I plan to respond to.

I personally agree. Ubuntu is stable and it works, and its time to make it
look pretty. The current human theme doesn't look bad, but if you ask me,
its just two darned (am I allowed to swear here), out dated. Its something
that was good looking by 1990s standards, but now days, it fails to live up
to the standards set by OSX and even Vista. The gnome desktop is currently
very no-frills and basic.

Unfortunately, even though some of us may find eye candy annoying, the fact
is, most end users don't. Therefore, if we are going to replace the human
theme, we need to make it something that will rock the worlds sucks off.
This means, the new theme should be polished, shiny, easy to use, and
enjoyable to look at. As a general rule of thumb, for panels and menus,
solid colors are out, gradients and partial transparency is in. Rounded
edges should be used whenever possible, lighter colors should also be used.

One good piece of incentive to follow through with the above proposal is
that its a lot easier to get people to use a desktop environment that looks
pretty than it is to get them to use one that looks like it belongs in the
Smithsonian. Therefore, if we polish up the UI, you can expect that more
people will feel inclined to try ubuntu and just possiblty make the outright
switch.

In the end, its who ever is incharge that gets to decide what happens in the
future, but I strongly implore that person to please consider what I have
said. Its clear based on Duncan Austins post that I am not the only one who
harbours these sentiments.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Duncan Austin <ubuntu at readitsideways.com>
wrote:

>
> Ever listened to a beautiful Chopin? Where it ends with a note, a pause,
> then solfly, the final note - perfection. This last note is what a theme
> should feel like. This is what Apple consistantly get right.
>
> Secondly, we seem to be thinking along the lines of "What does an Ibex look
> like?" as a cue for the themes. Perhaps we should be thinking about "What is
> it like to be an Ibex?".
>
> I think Intrepid provides a great opportunity to break the mold and take
> that last note from Apple! What does an Ibex see when it opens its eyes up
> there in the mountains? What does it feel like to breathe that crisp, clean
> mountain air? Or munch on that green grass or drink that clear, icy water?
>
> Feel like perfection? I think so.
>
> I've uploaded a screenshot of my current theme which is along these lines
> at http://readitsideways.com/screenshot.jpg
>
> This is based on the googol theme at gnome-look.org so the titlebar
> buttons are googlish, but perhaps we could take a cue from the Ubuntu logo
> and also use circles, but in the logo colours and make the circle thickness
> the same as the logo's circle thickness?
>
> If anyone else thinks that this is a direction worth persuing I'll do a
> mock up, and then a theme.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Duncan
>
>
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