[ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

[Troy James Sobotka]

Sumit Agarwal wrote:
> As I see it right 
> now, the wide borders reflect the very annoying hard-outlined GNOME 
> style icons. This is a trend that seems to be self-perpetuating for no 
> good reason (look at the icon sheets for Firefox 3. See the Linux set? 
> Why are we making new icons that look like they're stuck in 1998?).

Julian Oliver wrote:
> i don't understand why there is this pixel-eating, thick translucent
> border around the windows.

Agree 100% with these two comments.

The main issue here is that both Tango and the resultant 'style' is an
extremely far cry from communicating anything close to ideas such as
"elegant" or "graceful".

The resultant look, with its reliance on heavy, thick, rounded border
lines -- including the insistence on GTK control border lines -- would
probably have descriptive words such as "bulbous" and "clunky" chosen
when offered up on a multiple choice poll.

I have long been extremely vocal about this facet of Ubuntu, but alas,
the inevitable fallacy of the usability factor is brought up, and the
status quo keeps marching along - as opposed to actually examining the
issue at hand.

To compare, have a peek at the beautiful John Hicks work for the
Thunderbird and Firefox icons (
http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/work/mozilla-logos ) against just about any
of the Crayola inspired elements Gnome has.

Again, this is about associations, and thick outlines / borders /
control lines have no place if one is trying to communicate an element
of grace or elegance in westernized art.  What are we saying to our
audience?


Sincerely,
TJS



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