Default Theme

[Ben Novack]

I'm not a fan of it either. Part of it is the partial nudity, which I
have absolutely no philosophical problem with, but I don't like the
idea of the default theme being something that I'd have a problem
putting in a public library or professional environment. The close
proximity makes it worse; while it maybe *intended* as 'humans caring
for each other,' a lot of people will just see 'naked folks in close
proximity,' and interpret that as sexual activity they disapprove of.
I've got no objection to it being available as a "Human" theme, but I
really don't like it as a *default* that just anyone will run into. I
ordered CDs through ShipIt so I could hand them out to folks and say
"Check out this great OS," including people who might hopefully want
to use it for professional purposes, and I'd rather they not install
it and instantly see seminaked people. It creates a bad first
impression.

I prefer my themes more abstract - I really liked the original one,
with subdued and earthy colors. I've never seen brown actually work
before, but I thought it worked very well. On a purely aesthetic
level, I find it far too busy; especially in the case of the GDM login
screen.

Count me in strong opposition to this new theme.


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:46:02 +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma
<henrik at gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> Ville Vainio wrote:
> 
> >Not to mention the unavoidable "what kind of freak are you, anyway"
> >questions. If the theme is final, it'll be the topic of the week for all
> >the Ubuntu reviews in the net. And expect Slashdot to have a field day
> >with the theme...
> >
> >
> That may not be a bad thing, as a new distro can use all the PR it gets :)
> 
> Could I ask those who object to the theme, exactly what aspect they find
> objectionable? Is it the partial nudity, or that the three people are
> shown in close proximity, or something else?
> 
> I expect they took many pictures in the same photo shoot, so they
> probably have some material to choose from. What minor variation might
> improve the situation, if any, and why?
> 
> - Henrik
> 
> 
> 
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