I'll put up the shiny logopart in various formats, including photoshop original (sorry guys, i'm not gimped yet) and png. I'll look into setting up a little wikisubpage for the stuff. /Niklas <div> 2006/6/27, Michiel Sikma <<a href="mailto:michiel@thingmajig.org">michiel@thingmajig.org</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Op 27-jun-2006, om 16:13 heeft Michiel Sikma het volgende geschreven: > > Op 27-jun-2006, om 16:11 heeft Troy James Sobotka het volgende > geschreven: > >> On Tue, 2006-27-06 at 07:33 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: >> >>> The desktop colour should not be too bright, or it becomes tiring to >>> look at all day. We generally have chosen to go with darker, richer >>> colours so that there is less strain on the eyes. Also, we are >>> preferring not to have distro branding that is so obvious  (the big >>> Ubuntu logo) but instead to choose images which are distinctive >>> enough >>> that they are immediately recognisable in screenshots to anyone who >>> has worked with Ubuntu before. >> >> >> I think this is very important.  We need to establish a >> clear idea as to how much branding is acceptable. >> >> Perhaps during the proposal phase we can offer up a good >> spectrum of similar ideas that feature branding through >> to non branding in a good gradual progression. >> >> We should probably collect this comment as well.  Niel? >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art </a> > > It's also important to note that bright backgrounds just don't seem > to cut it in general due to the poor size and opacity of the shadow > underneath white text underneath desktop icons. > > That nice rendition of the logo that Niklas made might be useful in > other contexts, however. > > Michiel > <a href="mailto:michiel@thingmajig.org">michiel@thingmajig.org</a> > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art </a> > > PS: Niklas, could you provide a source version or 32-bit transparent PNG of that logo (<a href="http://www.weidel.se/gfx/desktop2%201400.png">http://www.weidel.se/gfx/desktop2%201400.png</a> )? I'm sure it'll be useful for others. Michiel </blockquote></div>