<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE BGCOLOR="#adadad" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <TABLE BGCOLOR="#ffffff" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="10"> <TR> <TD> <TT>I think it's a shame that Mark Shuttleworth's original idea of "spirit</TT><BR> <TT>of humanity" for Ubuntu's artwork seems to have been dropped.</TT><BR> <BR> <TT>Is true that having images of people in a multi-cultural product is</TT><BR> <TT>totally unacceptable from a interface design perspective, as several</TT><BR> <TT>cultures forbid this representations. But I doubt that reverting to a</TT><BR> <TT>totally abstract theme is the only possible solution for this. I'd</TT><BR> <TT>like to propose an idea for a theme that explicitly portrays the idea</TT><BR> <TT>of strong human imagery, while keeping free of direct human</TT><BR> <TT>representations.</TT><BR> <BR> <TT>The idea is to use indirect signs of human activities. This can be</TT><BR> <TT>done by showing traces of humans, like footsteps.</TT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> Creative thinking, and it's a good thing that themes can be changed. For some of us, such images are too 'forsaken' and become quite depressing. The idea that there _was_ a human there but is no longer will gradually work on the user's psych till the begin to feel quite lonely. I think the idea of humanity without humanity is too sad to behold for hours and days on end.<BR> <BR> MMK. </BODY> </HTML>