Jaunty Artwork

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:31:01 +0200
Pasi Lallinaho <open at knome.fi> wrote:

> Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:25:24 +0200
> > Pasi Lallinaho <open at knome.fi> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> >>     
> >>> I did test these using a P2 400MHz cpu with 320MB ram. The video
> >>> card only has 4MB memory, so this could be greatly different than
> >>> a new system. I did not find any of these slow my system down more
> >>> than any other, which normally is very noticable with an old
> >>> system. 
> >>>
> >>> If need be, I can lower the ram to 128MB and repeat the tests
> >>>       
> >> Thanks Charlie for the valuable information! If you want to test
> >> with 128 (or probably 192, because that's our minimum recommended
> >> for desktop), it would be great.
> >>
> >> One more update: My suggestion for countdown banners for Jaunty
> >> can be seen at http://emonk.fi/open/xubuntu/jaunty-countdown/.
> >> Those pictures are created by a very intelligent script, so
> >> modifications can be done easily.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > Okay, tested again, with 192MB ram and 256MB ram. We should keep in
> > mind that this system is using an old STB Velocity (Riva 128) 4MB
> > video card. It is also connected to an older 17" CRT.
> >
> > Learn is a 19-page AbiWord document. Help is from clicking the Help
> > icon
> >
> > 192MB ram:
> >
> > Shiki Brave
> > Help opens in 13 seconds; Learn opens in 27 seconds
> > Scrolling is very bad; stops every 3-4 pages, have to click
> > again to start scrolling again (it will not scroll through the
> > document at one time)
> >
> > Murrine-tangoesque 
> > Help opens in 21 seconds; Learn opens in 27 seconds
> > Scrolling is fairly smooth; it is jerky, as it catches up in the
> > document, but never stops
> >
> > Murrine-stormcloud
> > Help opens in 24 seconds; Learn opens in 25 seconds
> > Scrolling is fairly bad; it is very jerky, and stops and starts
> > visibly.
> >
> > 256MB ram:
> >
> > Shiki Brave
> > Help opens in 13 seconds; Learn opens in 17 seconds
> > Scrolling is very bad; stops every 3-4 pages, but will continue if
> > the button is kept down
> >
> > Murrine-tangoesque 
> > Help opens in 13 seconds; Learn opens in 21 seconds
> > Scrolling is fairly smooth; it is jerky, as it catches up in the
> > document, but never stops
> >
> > Murrine-stormcloud
> > Help opens in 18 seconds; Learn opens in 21 seconds
> > Scrolling is fairly bad; it is very jerky, and stops and starts
> > visibly.
> >
> > By my testing, Shiki-Brave is going to lead to disappointed users,
> > since usability is visibly reduced. If the scrolling did not stop,
> > it would be more useable. Murrine-tangoesque is the smoothest
> > scrolling and is the best choice for useability, but the text is
> > very hard to see. If we could darken the text in it, this would be
> > the best choice on older, slower systems. Murrine-stormcloud has
> > easy to see text and boxes, but does not scroll well when reading
> > the large file. 
> >
> > I would like to see Shiki included in Xubuntu, even if not the
> > default, because it is very nice to use, and is a *sharp* looking
> > theme that grabs your attention. At the very least, we could advise
> > users try this theme to get some user opinions.
> >   
> Based on the conversations at IRC and these test results I finally
> decided yesterday that we are not going to ship Shiki-brave with
> Xubuntu. Instead, I started modifying Murrine-Tangoesque and I have
> now fairly similar theme than Shiki-brave with the Murrine engine. It
> is in no way perfect yet and we will need extensive testing even once
> I've looked it through a few times.
> 
> Volunteers, please step up!
> 

Where do I get the modified version? I am ready and waiting.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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