<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><style></style></head><body style=";">OK Eero, I'm going to create some mockups asap!<br>Imre<br><br><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #6497CE 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">-- Eredeti üzenet --<br><div style="font-color: black"><b>Feladó:</b> <a href="mailto:oak@helsinkinet.fi">Eero Tamminen <oak@helsinkinet.fi></a></div><div><b>Címzett: </b><a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com"> <xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com></a></div><div><b>Elküldve:</b> 2012. december 27. 10:2</div><div><b>Tárgy : </b>Re: My wishes list</div><br><br><div class="bg" id="divMessageBody" style="height:auto;position:relative">Hi,<br> <br> On torstai 27 joulukuu 2012, Benedek Imre wrote:<br> > I agree and disagree with you at the same time. Yes, one of the most <br> > important value of Xubuntu is it's lightweight, it's fast and flexible. <br> > I don't think the developers want to give up these values. But! There <br> > are more possibility to beautify, to give more uniqueness, to strengthen<br> > the identity of this distro by default. To do this is absolutely not<br> > equal to Xubuntu have to be heavyweight and slow. Some example:<br> > - I think the Settings are a bit helter-skelter. Why do I have to open 2<br> > or 3 panel item to fine tune the appearance? The desktop wallpaper <br> > settings panel is really awful. Some of the settings open a new window -<br> > I know its reason, but it's not elegant. If the developers redesign and<br> > reorganize these settings items and tabs they do not slow down the <br> > system and do not need more space in the release. - I don't think if <br> > there could be a unique application menu based on the application finder<br> > it causes slow down or Xubuntu will be heavyweight because of this. -<br> > If the 'About' menu could show a stronger Xubuntu identity it does not<br> > eventuate system slow down.<br> <br> Can you provide UI mockups of what your ideas would look like?<br> <br> You could use e.g. Glade for doing the mockups:<br> <a href="http://glade.gnome.org/" target="_blank">http://glade.gnome.org/</a><br> <br> (Ubuntu has packages for it.)<br> <br> <br> - Eero<br> <br> > These are just ideas of course. Yes, a lot of customization can made <br> > manually, but if we neglect the design, it's the same if Apple (for <br> > example) sells motherboards, CPUs and RAM moduls and everybody have to <br> > assemble them by himself. ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUCCESS IS THE DESIGN.<br> > Lightweight and design are not mutually exclusive things.<br> > <br> > I've read "Not that the beauty don't count, but"... so I know what You<br> > mean, I just want to declare design is very important (beside others of<br> > course). Sincerely, Imre<br> <br> <br> -- <br> xubuntu-devel mailing list<br> xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com<br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a><br> </div></blockquote></body></html>