<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 8:25 PM, jmak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jozmak@gmail.com">jozmak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Vincent <<a href="mailto:mailinglists@vinnl.nl">mailinglists@vinnl.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:38 PM, jmak <<a href="mailto:jozmak@gmail.com">jozmak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Hello all,<br>
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>> Please read this article.<br>
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>> <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9419" target="_blank">http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9419</a><br>
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>> I have been advocating something similar since day one, but always<br>
>> ignored. We need to pay more attention to xubuntu's aesthetics.<br>
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> The gist of that article as I see it is that not too many people should be<br>
> working on Ubuntu's artwok - and those who do, should be good at it. What<br>
> kind of reply do you expect here?<br>
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</div></div>Vincent,<br>
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I posted this link to draw attention to the visual features that<br>
should be given more priority in xubuntu.<br>
One component doesn't make the desktop "pretty" (like many people<br>
mistakenly believe, for instance wallpaper) but all the components<br>
(usplash, gdm, theme, icons, panel, fonts) together. Like in the<br>
symphony, every instruments have to work, in accord with each other<br>
<br>
Yes, after so many years, they start realizing that the programmers<br>
paradigm doesn't work in art (that everyone does a bit and at the end<br>
put all the bits and pieces together). This method produces a horrible<br>
patchwork.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>OK, so what do you suggest?<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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jmak<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vincent<br>
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