<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">Hi all.<br><br>I joined because I was not sure if the ubuntu art team was aware of the commotion regarding the gutsy default wallpaper.  The main complaints are:<br>-It's too dark<br>-Grainy <br>-Looks too much like Vista<br>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=555477<br><br>For fun I stuck it on gnomelook to see how it would be rated.  It's only been on the site for ~1hr and it's rated very low.<br>http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Gutsy+Default?content=66683<br><br>When comparing what was posted at ubuntuforums and the original design on the wiki page it seems to have gotten darker.   Maybe we should consider going with the original brightness and a higher quality (less grainy) picture.<br><br>I'd really like to become an active part of this team.  I'll need to dig through the archives a bit to see where ya'll are at.<br><br></div><br /><hr />Make your little one a shining star! <a href='http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us' target='_new'>Shine on!</a></body> </html>