<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Those icons look fantastic, the only problem is that the forums is a pure community project and we need to avoid the aubergine shades and probably stick with the orange.<div><br></div><div>These icons are called on the forum page are called statusicons and the ones I working on replacing can be found at  <a href="http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages">http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div>Mike<br><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></b></span></font></div><div><div> <br><div><div>On Nov 8, 2010, at 6:54 PM, John Baer wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 02:35 +0000, <a href="mailto:ubuntu-art-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Message: 7<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 15:23:50 -0700<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Mike Basinger <<a href="mailto:mike.basinger@ubuntu.com">mike.basinger@ubuntu.com</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cc: Ubuntu Forums Council <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-forums-council@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-forums-council@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:B44310E1-AD3D-4915-8027-2F629D55A466@ubuntu.com">B44310E1-AD3D-4915-8027-2F629D55A466@ubuntu.com</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I made a lot of changes on the forums this weekend. Please let me know<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">what you think?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mike<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mike Basinger<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:mike.basinger@ubuntu.com">mike.basinger@ubuntu.com</a><br></blockquote><br>Mike,<br><br>The new site is coming together with a very professional look. Thorsten<br>your comments are spot on - thanks.<br><br>The thing which caught my eye were the icons. They are drawn as buttons<br>even though they are not.<br><br>Borrowing the handy work of the Design Team "pictograms", I put together<br>a mock up with revised icons which are consistent with the branding<br>standard. I drew the icons with borders when they may very well present<br>better without.<br><br><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/5159498235_00fb7974c8_b.jpg">http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/5159498235_00fb7974c8_b.jpg</a><br><br>Thoughts?<br><br>John<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>--</div><div>Mike Basinger</div><div><a href="mailto:mike.basinger@ubuntu.com">mike.basinger@ubuntu.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></div></div></body></html>