[ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

[Nick Russell]

On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 13:35 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote:

> On Monday 30 June 2008 12:29:29 Nick Russell wrote:
> <snip>
> > Rather than necessarily set up opposing 'camps' (not intrinsically a bad
> > thing, but it can be), is it possible for people to get involved in the
> > development of this theme? - to improve the entirely-to-be-expected
> > early flaws.
> 
> Yes, it is possible for others to get involved with this.


Ah that came out wrong, I wasn't meaning to criticise you, I was
suggesting to the critics that they do something about the theme (get
involved!) rather than just criticise.


> 
> > It doesn't appear to have a statement of concept on the wiki with
> > screenshots for people to comment on. I know it's possible for people to
> > submit bugs against it, but I think it would be useful if it were on the
> > wiki as well. The statement of concept is very important, because when
> > someone says they don't like it, you can simply point them to the
> > concept so they can understand why YOU like it and think it is the right
> > direction to go in. You can also explain who the audience is (i.e. it
> > may not be designed for the kind of people who are criticising it, if it
> > is then that's when you know you need to reconsider aspects of your
> > design).
> 
> Actually, this is the first update for intrepid of the long term work we 
> started during the hardy cycle. The wiki page just needs to be updated :-)


Cool. Is the Hardy page about the work done so far still available? I
didn't find it on my (admittedly brief) look. :-)


> 
> > IMO the wiki allows designer(s) and critics/audience to respond in a
> > much less clinical/technical way to a design than does launchpad.
> 
> I am unsure what you mean by "a much less clinical/technical" way as anyone 
> who wants to work on this needs to have the technical skills to do so and/or 
> go through a more elaborate process of submitting their ideas.


Sorry that wasn't very clear. I completely agree that the people
involved in the actual development need to be technically skilled. I was
referring to the wiki (and indeed the forums) as a good place for the
community to respond with more general comments about the theme (i.e. I
like this, I don't like this, why I feel that way). What I'm getting at
I suppose is that whilst obviously there will be technical/accessibility
issues which are best reported on launchpad, there will also be more
abstract/vague art-critic/audience-critic responses which would be best
place somewhere else (forums/wiki/individuals blogs)?


> --
> Ken
> 
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