[ubuntu-art] Consideration on Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Theme

[Gianluca Sartori]

It seems that we have a palette here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=ubuntu-palette.png

BTW, where can I find informations on who's doing what, the state-of-the-artand
plans for the next release?

Thanks a lot,
Gianluca

2006/11/23, Troy James Sobotka <troy.sobotka at gmail.com>:
>
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 12:07 +0100, Gianluca Sartori wrote:
>
>
> > Do you think that the idea of a flat macos-like set of icons for the
> > panel would be accepted by the sabdfl? I can invest time to do them,
> > but only if it's not an already lost battle.. BTW, what's _your_
> > opinion about it?
> >
>
> Personally, what I believe you are discussing here is directly related
> to overarching design concerns.  I would suggest that it is indeed an
> important and vital discussion to have.  Currently, however, I don't
> believe that Ubuntu's design capacity is able to integrate the level of
> detail you are referring.  I could very well be incorrect, but remember,
> we don't even have an official palette yet, a set of design motifs, etc.
>
> I would not for a minute suggest that anything is a lost battle before
> one attempts it.  In fact, last cycle, the emblems were changed based on
> a single email.  That said, what sabdfl would consider acceptable is
> subject to his personal approval.  With the amount of effort involved, I
> might suggest waiting until sabdfl delivers Cliff's work for Feisty.
>
> >
> >         > Colors
> >         The palette has never been used to the best of my
> >         knowledge.  There is
> >         currently _no_ official palette for Ubuntu.
> >
> > I read your page on Ubun2. To me a palette is one of the first things
> > to do when dealing with consistency beside to style guidelins. These
> > are my top priorities when designing something. I think that we
> > absolutely need a well defined palette.
>
> I couldn't agree with you more.  The palette one key foundational
> elements to building solid design.  Clear style guidelines regarding
> linework, color value, and such details are mandatory to achieve any
> degree of successful design.  Unfortunately, Ubuntu's design thus far
> has been a complete reverse of this traditional approach.  Perhaps at
> some point someone might be able to reverse engineer the design and
> create such documents -- despite being a rather backwards approach to
> design.
>
> > Yep, it helped. I'm new to the community, so probably some points I
> > talked about were obvious to you.
>
> Not exactly, but we as a team need to make certain that new faces can
> join in and get 'up to speed' via our paper trail of documentation.  If
> you have noticed an area that is weak, please attempt and address it
> through the documentation at the wiki -- it will help future
> participants.
>
> Sincerely,
> TJS
>
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