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The sky not only shows up stars during the night, far +from cities and inhabited places, but also has various colorations of +blue that we can use. + +I insist on the fact that Mageia needs to save and show in a very +visible way it's identity as it should have always been : a good, +reliable and easy alternative to the Windows and Mac OS operating +systems. I therefore think : + +- We keep "Blue" as the default "flagship" color for the official +artwork and design, with the possibility of using several nuances of blue. +- The reference to the sky can give inspiration to the designers who may +want to place from magic and beauty in their artwork. +- We definitely need a refreshing theme for Ia Ora. That's not high +priority though as we need that the system works well before that. A +theme for both GTK and QT is also not easy to do so we need to take the +time to carefully design a new fresh one, with the same fine and +professional touch a lot of people do notice and appreciate. Currently, +I'd say "That'll do" for Ia Ora in the meantime. The most important +thing is to get the OS working really well. Artwork has to come second, +especially if there is a lot of work to be done behind. +- For GTK based environments and applications, I suggest that Mageia use +the Gnome-Brave icon set by default. It's blue color and its very neat +finishing makes it a modern icon theme, compliant with the light angle +usually used on Gnome and other environments. Oxygen does not fit good +on GTK at all. +- Oxygen theme is just fine for KDE and QT, it complies wonderfully to +the artwork color and reference. If people have a real problem with the +trash can, considering the more important work that needs to be done on +Mageia in overall, please talk and convince the artists that made the +Oxygen theme to improve it. But there is much more important things to +do than to improve a trashcan icon, especially when very subjective +observations are made. + +People might think we're close to Fedora's artwork and design : well, +Mandrake's color theme and the reference to the sky is dated from before +the Fedora era and we have the right to keep it. + +I see no valid reason to change the artwork fundamentals as it is part +of the identity and as Mageia continues with the exact same aim as +Mandrake and Mandriva. However, I do think that Mandriva could have done +much better on the eye candy side (here, I also speak about the +Drakxtools's GUI who do sometimes miss a neat organization and +appearance) and I think that Mageia will have to be eye candy to seduce +and make people feel at home, even with the default settings. + +So basically, I think it's better to keep the essentials and consolidate +the artwork by improving what needs to be improved, no useless changes. +Mandriva Linux was already often seen as a pretty system after all. :-) +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001035.html">[Mageia-discuss] On the icons, desktop themes and related stuff +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001076.html">[Mageia-discuss] On the icons, desktop themes and related stuff +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1046">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1046">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1046">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1046">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |