[ubuntu-art] Ubuntu login

[Michiel Sikma]

Op 31-jul-2006, om 14:55 heeft Sean Hammond het volgende geschreven:

> Those are really cool. I actually quite like the ubuntu login screen
> as it is in Dapper, though it is a bit plain (lacking in bling). But
> these designs have a real 'Mac OS but in warm ubuntu colours' feel to
> them. I think I prefer Login Screen v3 out of all of them, the
> background colour seems warmer than in v1 and v2, particularly in the
> way the colour changes around the edges of the screen.

I don't think it has a "Mac OS but in warm Ubuntu colors" feel; Mac  
OS's design is really less glossy and bling than it might seem.  
Things like the welcome screen would, in Mac OS design, rather not  
use large bevelled designs like this one, since those are mostly  
reserved for smaller screen elements (in 10.4). I'm not saying his  
designs are bad, though, just that I don't think they're "Mac OS- 
like". Maybe a little.

I personally would prefer it if the foreground shapes would be  
visually above the background layer a little more. It seems like it  
could use a little more contrast. I also kind of miss the large black  
bar at the bottom that clearly separated the login box from the other  
options (although I loathed the drop down menu that was introduced in  
Dapper). I'll make some visual suggestions tonight.

PS: I'm back from a three-week holiday, and wasn't able to contribute  
any artwork. Strangely enough, that wallpaper I made wasn't included  
in the wikipage of wallpapers, even though apparently someone  
wikified contributions for people who couldn't wikify them  
themselves. Maybe it got caught up somewhere in a deleted wikipage?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/WallpaperProposal
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