I have been watching for about two months now, waiting to see how I can contribute. Who ever is leading this project, I am still uncertain, have put very little effort into it overall. I believe we were promised some sort of direction on the Wiki like a month ago. At this rate there is no way any new theme will ever get into
8.04. To put it bluntly the leadership on this project sucks!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 1, 2008 6:41 PM, shadowh511 <<a href="mailto:shadow.h511@gmail.com">shadow.h511@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Who wrote:<br>> Good points.<br>><br>> I share some of these concerns, and eagerly await an answer :)<br>><br>> On Dec 28, 2007 11:03 PM, Andrew Laignel <<a href="mailto:a.laignel@ukdotcafe.com">
a.laignel@ukdotcafe.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> I've been subscribed to this list for a few months now, and have been<br>>> slightly disappointed at how things are progressing. I have seen quite<br>>> a lot of good ideas go by, with people saying 'yes, I like that' and
<br>>> then it disappears into history and someone else posts something and it<br>>> all starts again. There seems to be a mockup->post->dissappear cycle.<br>>><br>>> I think it's the result of their being no actual official input, and no
<br>>> officially managed archive of contributions. There is the wiki, but<br>>> each entry could be anything from a photograph of a sketch to a complete<br>>> mockup. It's also hard to know when anything new has been added without
<br>>> checking each link individually each day.<br>>><br>>> At this point I think what is really needed is an official voice to have<br>>> a look at all the contributions, group all the viable ideas in one place
<br>>> and then say why each idea is good/bad and what the official opinion on<br>>> it 'making it' as the default theme is. It would provide an excellent<br>>> reference point on whats already been done, and what is being looked for
<br>>> in an official theme.<br>>><br>>> I like to think I am fairly good at design but I have no idea if my<br>>> current mockup is anything like anything that could be official. I<br>>> cannot work on problems and refine it to meet the specifications if I
<br>>> have no idea what they are and I see this symptom in quite a lot of<br>>> posts - the designer simply stops due to a lack of direction.<br>>><br>>> I do not think it would take much to refine the wiki slightly with the
<br>>> current potential candidates and run them past Mark, or at least someone<br>>> official so they can say a bit about each one and what is<br>>> liked/disliked. At the least it would spur people on to improve on
<br>>> things and respond to the comments.<br>>><br>>> One of the most important parts of a design brief in my opinion is a:<br>>> the brief, and b: liasing with the clients at various stages to make
<br>>> sure things are going the way they like. We just seem to be missing<br>>> both of these and seem to be just spinning our wheels. There is a lot of<br>>> talent on this list and the wiki, and its a shame to see it
<br>>> under-utilised. :(<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> ubuntu-art mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art" target="_blank">
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