<div dir="ltr">I am new to this whole mailing list concept so if I break any rules of etiquette, feel free to let me know. I have only included the part of the message that I plan to respond to.<br><br>I personally agree. Ubuntu is stable and it works, and its time to make it look pretty. The current human theme doesn't look bad, but if you ask me, its just two darned (am I allowed to swear here), out dated. Its something that was good looking by 1990s standards, but now days, it fails to live up to the standards set by OSX and even Vista. The gnome desktop is currently very no-frills and basic. <br>
<br>Unfortunately, even though some of us may find eye candy annoying, the fact is, most end users don't. Therefore, if we are going to replace the human theme, we need to make it something that will rock the worlds sucks off. This means, the new theme should be polished, shiny, easy to use, and enjoyable to look at. As a general rule of thumb, for panels and menus, solid colors are out, gradients and partial transparency is in. Rounded edges should be used whenever possible, lighter colors should also be used. <br>
<br>One good piece of incentive to follow through with the above proposal is that its a lot easier to get people to use a desktop environment that looks pretty than it is to get them to use one that looks like it belongs in the Smithsonian. Therefore, if we polish up the UI, you can expect that more people will feel inclined to try ubuntu and just possiblty make the outright switch. <br>
<br>In the end, its who ever is incharge that gets to decide what happens in the future, but I strongly implore that person to please consider what I have said. Its clear based on Duncan Austins post that I am not the only one who harbours these sentiments. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Duncan Austin <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@readitsideways.com">ubuntu@readitsideways.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 dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Ever listened to a beautiful Chopin? Where it ends with a note, a
pause, then solfly, the final note - perfection. This last note is what
a theme should feel like. This is what Apple consistantly get right.<br><br>Secondly,
we seem to be thinking along the lines of "What does an Ibex look
like?" as a cue for the themes. Perhaps we should be thinking about
"What is it like to be an Ibex?". <br>
<br>I think Intrepid provides a great opportunity to break the mold and
take that last note from Apple! What does an Ibex see when it opens its
eyes up there in the mountains? What does it feel like to breathe that
crisp, clean mountain air? Or munch on that green grass or drink that
clear, icy water?<br>
<br>Feel like perfection? I think so.<br><br>I've uploaded a screenshot of my current theme which is along these lines at <a href="http://readitsideways.com/screenshot.jpg" target="_blank">http://readitsideways.com/screenshot.jpg</a><br>
<br>This is based on the googol theme at <a href="http://gnome-look.org/" target="_blank">gnome-look.org</a>
so the titlebar buttons are googlish, but perhaps we could take a cue
from the Ubuntu logo and also use circles, but in the logo colours and
make the circle thickness the same as the logo's circle thickness? <br>
<br>If anyone else thinks that this is a direction worth persuing I'll do a mock up, and then a theme.<br><br><br clear="all">Regards<br><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><br>Duncan
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