[ubuntu-art] // wider opinion of Dust theme from Ubuntu users //

[Arjuna Navaratna]

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Jesper Lundgren <koudelkaa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Rico Sta. Cruz <dropbox at ambiescent.com>wrote:
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>> Re: min-max-close buttons:
>> They're a bit fixed on the Dust-2 attachment in the wiki page. However,
>> they're still not proper min-max-close buttons. Gotta make better ones...
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme
>>
>> Btw, I did the wallpaper (and the Dust concepts). I'm glad someone likes
>> it
>> :) Any more feedback on how Dust can be improved?
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Rico
>>
>>
>> Mr.doob wrote:
>> >
>> >> i thought it's perhaps worth drawing attention to the 'public'
>> >> appreciation of the Dust theme mockups:
>> >>
>> >>        http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12479/
>> >>
>> >>        http://www.lunduke.com/?p=116
>> >>
>> >> both of the above URL's had around 1.5k diggs and no less than 200
>> >> comments.
>> >> there is some worthy criticism/commentary in those threads. clearly
>> Dust
>> >> is a direction worth following.
>> >>
>> >> the first mockup didn't grab me all that much but this is certainly
>> >> going places, save perhaps the folder icons themselves (which look a
>> >> little stale, IMO. maybe it's that the grey in the 'dusty' window BG is
>> >> pulling in the grey from the folders too much, flattening them out):
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=ibexconcept.jpg
>> >>
>> >> cheers!
>> >> --
>> >> julian oliver
>> >> http://julianoliver.com
>> >>
>> >
>> > Hello hello!
>> >
>> > New guy on the block, take it as my presentation email. I doubt I'll
>> > be able to start helping for this cycle, but I'll try to give it a
>> > hand wherever I can. I wonder if someone could point me in the right
>> > direction in order to get started on this? Like an app to build your
>> > own theme? Btw... I'll try to don't top-post, but I think you guys
>> > should consider if it's really worth the rule (I'm not aware of the
>> > logic behind it, I guess it's because it's "easier" to follow the
>> > conversation, which is something arguable).
>> >
>> > Ok, neither I know how can I reply to an email that was sent to the
>> > list BEFORE I subscribed to it, so I'll try faking it, hope it
>> > works....
>> >
>> > Julian, first of all, it's great to see guys like you (amazing
>> > projects) around here, and second... that wallpaper is brilliant! I
>> > would really like to see something along those lines on the default
>> > wallpaper, did you do it?
>> >
>> > Also, whoever is working on this Dust theme, maybe you should be
>> > careful on how much margin/padding the top/right panel has. I'll put
>> > two links to illustrate my point:
>> >
>> >
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=ubuntudust.jpg
>> >
>> >
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=dust-color-1b.png
>> >
>> > The original mock-up had the close button nicely aligned with the
>> > corner of the window. The working theme didn't follow that and it
>> > looks a bit "messy". Apart from that, I think it can work very well.
>> >
>> > Just for the laughs (or hates), I'm right now using this theme:
>> >
>> http://www.ubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/KDE4+Oxygen+new+port+for+GNOME?content=86653
>> >
>> > Which I guess I'll keep using until something like Dust is available.
>> >
>> > That's it by now.
>> >
>> > Cheers!
>> > --
>> > Mr.doob
>> > http://mrdoob.com
>> >
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> I like the dust theme very much, but as mentioned in the wiki it might be
> too dark. using a dark theme on a laptop with screen brightness on low is
> not so nice and laptops are clearly something to consider. Personally i
> think having a bit more colour full theme wouldn't hurt ubuntu, something
> that looks fresh and fun, I do love that ibex wallpaper, it is amazing.
>
> I like the new version Dust-2. I am using it on my laptop right now and
many of my friends actually asked me what it is. Nobody has likened it to
OS-X or Vista yet!

One thing I noticed, I'm not sure if its native to firefox, but when you
right click on the toolbar you get a menu with two checkboxes. The text
beside the checkbox is spaced far too close.

-Arjuna
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