[ubuntu-art] Karmic boot and login - proposed designs

[Smartboy]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Caleb Sawtell <caleb.sawtell at gmail.com>wrote:

> wow please no not the brown! I thought they were getting rid of brown
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> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 18:14 +0100, Mat Tomaszewski wrote:
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>> > The second iteration can be viewed here
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>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo#Ubuntu%20Karmic%20boot%20demo%20and%20proposed%20GDM%20theme%20%E2%80%93%20Iteration%202
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>> As also placed on the wiki:
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>> Examples of options I would explore based on Iteration 2:
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>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iteration_2_tw_splash.png
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>> * CoF with colors to make things friendlier, livelier and to stay
>> consistent with most occurrences of the logo.
>> * Hue variations on the background to break away from stifling
>> monochromaticity.
>> * Less pronounced lighting effect to give the boxes appearing on the
>> background more room to breath. This avoids distraction.
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>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iteration_2_tw_list.png
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>> * Uniform box without offset inner area. Also no alternating item
>> backgrounds. Avatar images and spacing are more than sufficient for
>> separation.
>> * Subtle gradient to establish a connection between background and list
>> box.
>> * Selected item bg not harsh-white, but toned down.
>> * 3 separate areas on the bottom instead of one bar.
>> * Login options aligned with list. Also means large distance between the
>> bottom items.
>> * Toned down Accessibility, Power and Login Options to make them step
>> behind the list a bit. No glow, could be used on hover, though.
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>> Please try to consider each option in separation.
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>> Source (SVG with linked screenshots):
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>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=iteration_2_tw.tar.bz2
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Have any official sources stating that? ;)

Smartboy
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