[ubuntu-art] "Start here" button

[Ryan Prior]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 11:38 -0600, Ryan Prior wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >         The shading could be read as if the button is rounded, bulging
> >         outwards,
> >         but with an inward dent roughly of the size of the inner
> >         circle of the
> >         CoC.
> >
> > That's pretty specific. Is this a well-known design pattern, or just a
> > gut feeling for what would look good?
>
> Neither. It is simply a description of one possible interpretation of
> the picture, without judgement if that would be a good or bad thing to
> strive for.
>
> The mere fact that I'm not sure how to read and what is intended can be
> seen as a problem.
>
> By offering a description, Sebastian can check if that is what he is
> trying to get across or not, possibly tweaking it to either encourage or
> discourage that interpretation.


Reading over it again, I see that you were interpreting his work, not making
a suggestion. Oops.

I read it as the whole logo being inlaid into the "glass", which is pretty
consistent with your interpretation I think. I like it.



> Ryan, I really wonder what the root of our communication problem is.


Please stick with me; in this case I misread your words. :-)
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