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Ubuntu Art Team-<br>
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I have been doing some thinking about the color of the theme, the<br>
buttons, etc. I also was thinking about some things that Mark<br>
Shuttleworth told me and things he has said in interviews regarding<br>
the desktop of Ubuntu. He has said that it is something that needs<br>
work on , something that we need to improve to the point of being the<br>
"Golden Standard," something that he currently believes rests in<br>
Apple's hands with OS X. I will agree with him. We need a theme that<br>
meets, improves upon, and is superior to OS X's strong points. What<br>
are things people like about it? They like its seamless, integrated,<br>
and unified design. What are things we can do to help Ubuntu do this?<br>
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(The following are just my thoughts- carefully thought out and<br>
considered as my own opinion I fell free to share)<br>
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Color - Our current theme uses a mix of a light grey and a medium<br>
brown. This combo lends itself to looking outdated or out of fashion.<br>
Ubuntu is an operating system, a tech product- we want it to look<br>
modern, and with Ubuntu in particular, we want it to look forward.<br>
Mark thinks it is necessary to retain the Orange/Brown look of Ubuntu<br>
- we can do this in ways other than trying to make the Gtk widgets and<br>
panels these colors. I have seen many brown colors, created many<br>
gradients, and brown just doesn't seem right as a panel color or<br>
window color. I think that we need something that is neutral, yet<br>
looks beautiful and futuristic ( not as in robots and the Jetsons, but<br>
more like a true futuristic look). We also want Ubuntu to look unique.<br>
Therefore black as in Vista and grey as in OS X are taken. What is<br>
left besides brown? What is Ubuntu? Nothing in the logo will work.<br>
What about what we have? Its a much lighter grey than OS X - why not<br>
make it lighter, say to an off white? There is a way to do it where it<br>
does not feel cold, or is too bright. Just a thought.</blockquote><div><br>One of my favourite thing's about Ubuntu's colour scheme is how unlike other operating systems where they use a cold colour scheme (Windows, Mac OS X), Ubuntu sticks with a warm colour scheme. Also, in terms of professionalism, in my opinion Orange is a much more vibrant, exciting look rather then brown. Take a look at the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Personification">Personification</a> theme ( <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Personification">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Personification</a> ). Although the theme itself looks pretty sloppy, I feel the colour scheme looks good. But I agree with you, Ubuntu is not up to scratch in terms of looks. I remember showing someone the default screenshots of Ubuntu and they were not impressed at all. <br>
<br>I'm currently looking at some screenshots of Mac OS X 10.5, and I can see why Mac users love it so much. The desktop is truly a work of art. <br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Nicholas (LostOverThere)<br></div><br>
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