[ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Monday 30 June 2008 14:32:19 Salane Ashcraft wrote:
> This is not a progression. It isn't even that different. The problem with
> Ubuntu isn't the color, which has been made worse with this Alpha. Its the
> widget style, which is flat and outdated. Its the fonts, which need to be
> updated and can be done so with open source fonts. Its the icons, which
> look like something designed for Playskool OS. Its the presentation. I will
> never stop using Ubuntu, but really, if we want this to be Linux for
> Humans, shouldn't we make it look as best as possible?
> I am getting involved. I am learning all I can to bring my theme to life,
> but it will change yet again. I am going with a lighter color than its
> current golden brown, perhaps something whiter.

I would disagree with the idea that this is not a progression as it uses the 
murrine theme which we have been working on including since a couple of 
releases. Indeed there are many things that need improvement but this is a 
good start.

The fonts are open source (and include symbols for most languages, something 
that cannot be said for every oss font). We might want to switch to 
liberation though.

The icons could use an update but that is a lot of work which takes time.

All in all, I think that this is a good start. How it progresses is still to 
be seen. We included a dark theme because we are interested in it and want to 
test it. Remember that Intrepid is only now in the alpha phase so there is 
plenty of time for improvement :-)

> Could someone explain to me how pixmap themes work?

While I have little direct experience with using the pixmap engine I would 
imagine it is exactly as named; based on small pixmaps which define the 
different elements.

Ken