<div dir="ltr">a variation of "The development SVG". it has a gray version along a modified brown theme made by Ken. Scrollbars added. SVG file in attachment -> so ..modify at will... 2008/7/28 SorinN <<a href="mailto:nemes.sorin@gmail.com">nemes.sorin@gmail.com</a>>: > Agree with "Also, I'm thinking of getting a team together..." but not > only for this theme. For all themes. > We should organize more than 1 team. Sincerely I'm on the side of > Usability working day by day with these values - doing interfaces ;) ( > yep GUI ) - so I don't agree for now on too much shine for  a base > theme ( even that I use dark themes ) - because a lot of users are on > offices / enterprises / schools - they are an important segment, so I > need to think in a "marketing" way. > > That's why I'm in favor of more teams of designers but at least one > team of developers / engine hackers for design integration and a > Ubuntu own engine. > > As it should be from start - Ubuntu must come with more "Ubuntu-ish" > themes - for office users ( minimalistic, clean, non obtruzive ),  for > photographs ( dark themes ), for artists ( neutral, colored grays, > also 'dark'  can go here ), for multimedia fans ( extra fancy, bells, > reflections, etc ). > > All themes about I talk here ..sure, must contain some common > distinctive, unique elements ( as scrollbars, navigation signs ..etc ) > and maybe we should start from here ...to find, to define those > elements, to make a basic rootkit as a base for constructing Ubuntu > themes. We need to find a "semiotic" ID ( symbols, signs )  - specific > to Ubuntu - and all Ubuntu themes will use that base of symbols. > > So ..my idea = teams ( some peoples like to do dark themes, some > peoples want to do flat / minimal themes  ). > After teams are formed we can choose a relative road map and we can > have more control about "who do what" and about X or Y theme status. > > Finally, Ibex should present at least 3 "Ubuntu specific"  themes, > along other legacy themes - then different categories of users will > choose their theme.  After a year, we can see which theme is used more > and we can do our work on the user direction. > > 2008/7/28 Ken Vermette <<a href="mailto:vermette@gmail.com">vermette@gmail.com</a>>: >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Kim Kahns <<a href="mailto:post@kims-area.com">post@kims-area.com</a>> wrote: >>> >>> Am 28.07.2008 02:31:11 schrieb(en) Ken Vermette: >>> > >>> > Aside from firefox (because you can create themes for it) Openoffice >>> > could >>> > simply not have a dark toolbar, simply looking like any window that >>> > doesn't >>> > have one of its own. >>> > >>> >>> There is no way to do that other than launching openoffice with >>> >>> env GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/ALTERNATETHEME/gtk-2.0/gtkrc >>> ooffice >>> >>> But I don't think that this would be an option. >>> >>> >>> ~Kim Kahns (Kimmik) >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-art mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art</a> >> >> New batch, I tried to get everyones ideas in here. The only thing I did >> differently from the suggestions was the buttons, the gray background to >> them just made it all feel more "solid". >> >> <a href="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_kith_r2.png">http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_kith_r2.png</a> >> <a href="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_clouds_r2.png">http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_clouds_r2.png</a> >> <a href="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_rocks_r2.png">http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_rocks_r2.png</a> >> <a href="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_trnthtfrnupsddwn_r2.png">http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_trnthtfrnupsddwn_r2.png</a> >> >> aaand... The development SVG. One thing about the SVG is that it's -very- >> rough. >> >> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Kin_Intrepid?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=kin_piano_rev2.svg">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Kin_Intrepid?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=kin_piano_rev2.svg</a> >> >> As a thought, please tell me if you like the idea; but what if we create an >> all-brown dark theme for the root account? With the root set as a matching >> all-brown theme, users will still see when they're using the root account, >> and the windows will look half-decent (as opposed to using the most generic >> theme settings) >> >> Again, any suggestions will be implemented one way or another! Also, I'm >> thinking of getting a team together to work on a complete version of this >> style, from login screens to avant colour schemes aswell assuming thingskeep >> going in the right direction. >> >> -- >> -Ken Vermette >> >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art</a> >> >> > > > > -- > Nemes Ioan Sorin > -- Nemes Ioan Sorin </div>