<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Union, as it stands, (below) i find a bit too soft and 'faded', as<br> though it's been left in the sun too long. for this reason it may be<br> especially difficult to use in strong-light conditions. it also looks<br> far too dependent on compiz.<br> <br> nonetheless - and like it's predecessor above - there are one or two<br> ideas in there that are interesting (like the window outlines):<br> <br>    <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union#head-5451daa7f88b46eaca94a24cfb5f869238c575ab" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union#head-5451daa7f88b46eaca94a24cfb5f869238c575ab</a><br> </blockquote><div>I think Union's colors are beautiful ! But I agree with François, maybe it is a little bit too monochromatic  and UI elements should get stronger colors (titlebars, ...). <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> Union is influenced by a mockup many people were enthusiastic about. it<br> was of course far too unrealistic to be actually implemented:<br> <br>    <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2620273#post2620273" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2620273#post2620273</a><br> <br> i thought the colour palette worked well, complementing both warm and<br> cold colours without competition.<br> </blockquote><div>I think these colors are not as beautiful, but they could work very well on a real desktop ! <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> one you didn't post, that i thought showed some promise, is:<br> <br>    <a href="http://mossblaser.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-8-04-GUI-Design-Idea-72574609" target="_blank">http://mossblaser.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-8-04-GUI-Design-Idea-72574609</a><br> <br> it's good to see a working brown beyond the 'caramel' many Ubuntu users are<br> tired of..<br></blockquote></div>Yes, the panels and tooltips brown is good (but I don't like the faded orange-beige inside the windows...).<br><br>--<br>Yann Dìnendal<br>