Look and feel

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Hi all

I've just subscribed to this list, and at the moment I'm basically just 
lurking, but I'm really interested to see how this project will go.

Jani Monoses schreef:
> On 12/1/05, *j Mak* <joz_mak at yahoo.ca <mailto:joz_mak at yahoo.ca>> wrote:
> 
...
>     I think, the time is right to decide upon its color
>     scheme and create a distinctive character for xubuntu
>     . In terms of colors, I vote for blue; this is why;
>     blue suggests lightness and solidity (especially if we
>     make it a kind of metallic blue). Anyhow, I've already
>     created some wallpapers for your consideration in the
>     spirit of simplicity to make them mach to the other
>     ubuntu flavors; you can look at them on the Viki page.
> 
>     I've also created a login screen, but that is just a
>     kind of concept. Let me know what you think about
>     them.
> 
>     Regards,
>     Jozsef Mak
> 
> 
> I also like the blue and the current logo. IMHO using blue doesn't make 
> it easy to confuse with kde.
> I like the original wallpaper better than the steel ones, and it is 
> closer to what xfce comes by default too.
> 
> It'd be better if art team members and maybe even upstream xfce people 
> would put their heads together
> and decided on what could best reperesent xfce/ubuntu from an art POV. 
> Maybe we could do a poll on launchpad
> if there are camps suggesting different directions
> 

FWLIW, I much prefer the first logo with the mouse inside the ubuntu 
circle (and I love that little animation someone created ;-)

The blue is fine, but I think I would prefer the more purple colors used 
in the last logo (the one without the mouse by Derick Eisenhardt).

cheers,
	Jasper