Readers are commenting on ubuntu's intrepid look and feel

[Jelle de Jong]

Cody A.W. Somerville wrote:
> This discussion is more appropriate for another mailing list.

True indeed, but I thought I will give some comments on it, since loads 
of resources of xubuntu are spent on artwork and related discussions 
with every distribution release. I will rest the subject then.

Kind regards,

Jelle

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Jelle de Jong 
> <jelledejong at powercraft.nl <mailto:jelledejong at powercraft.nl>> wrote:
> 
>     jmak wrote:
>      > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Jelle de Jong
>      > <jelledejong at powercraft.nl <mailto:jelledejong at powercraft.nl>> wrote:
>      >> jmak wrote:
>      >>> The look and feel of Ubuntu Intrepid invoked very strong opinions
>      >>> among digg.com <http://digg.com>
>     (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_8_10_Intrepid_Ibex_Alpha_1_Screenshots)
>      >>> readership. Here are some of them.
>      >>> ------
>      >>>
>      >>> "What a hideous theme, what really, really worries me is that they
>      >>> even remotely considered something like this let alone made it
>      >>> available.
>      >>>
>      >>> Whoever designed it should be shot."
>      >>>
>      >>> ---------
>      >>>
>      >>> "I have to agree."
>      >>>
>      >>> ----
>      >>>
>      >>> "While I hope nobody will be *shot*, I have to agree that this
>     theme is poor.
>      >>> It's unappealing to look at, looks worse when apps are running
>     in it
>      >>> (OpenOffice is hideous) and its colour scheme is particularly
>     ugly."
>      >>>
>      >>> -----
>      >>>
>      >>> WTF ..Is this for real ??
>      >>>
>      >>> ------
>      >>>
>      >>> "The theme literally looks like ***** was smeared all over the
>      >>> monitor. Not that I could do any better, but this theme gives me a
>      >>> feeling less like "human" and more like "sewer"."
>      >>>
>      >>> -------
>      >>>
>      >>> "Ugg...I thought the color scheme was supposed to include
>     BLACK. Not
>      >>> ugly mud-crap-brown..."
>      >>>
>      >>> -----
>      >>> "The theme is not what I was expecting... I was hoping for
>     something a
>      >>> little less... dark brown, like the color of my *****."
>      >>>
>      >>> ------
>      >>> "Video Conferencing with Nelson Mandela on Ubuntu?"
>      >>>
>      >>> -----
>      >>>
>      >>> Up until sunday night, not a single positve comment. Amazing.
>      >>>
>      >>> jmak
>      >>>
>      >
>      >>  let users vote and comment on the best
>      >> layout, and if the majority accepts the new looks and feels,
>      >>
>      >
>      > As a general rule, users should be never allowed to vote, even if
>     they
>      > are right. This case demonstrates that look and feel should be given
>      > more priority.
>      >
>      > jmak
>      >
> 
>     Just curious why you removed all the surrounding text I posted. I find
>     this a bid insulting to manipulate the information given by others. This
>     can give an unintended impressions on other readers. Please leave text
>     from others intact, this is fair and clear. You can always quote and
>     refer to specific line to address more focus on your comments.
> 
>     All is about communication with users and developers. Voting and proving
>     comments about changes are just a tool to level users and developers and
>     provide insights. So that the distribution gets a good match on his
>     target audience. I don't see why voting cant be used as a tool. It
>     should not be a single decision instrument though, because people can be
>     manipulated and make votes with faulty arguments as background.
> 
>     Kind regards,
> 
>     Jelle
> 
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