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Dromhi01:14
Dromis there someone from ubuntu art team who can do changes on art.ubuntu.com?01:15
Dromok, I'll leave a message :)01:16
DromI'm from Gnome-art team, I want ask you for a little change on ubuntu-art latest news01:17
Dromplease, leave note that art.gnome.org do not accept any distro specific artworks, I hade to refuse several themes today01:18
Dromart.gnome.org tryes to be distro independent...01:18
Dromthanks01:18
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MadpilotDrom, what makes a theme distro-dependant? There's lots of stuff w/ the Ubuntu logo/colours on art.gnome.org already, isn't there?02:10
DromMadpilot: mostly logos03:03
DromMadpilot: i think there is no distro specific items on a.g.o03:04
Drom*are03:04
Madpilotah - I use gnome-look.org more myself, but I thought ago did have distro "specific" wallpapers & such too03:04
DromMadpilot: no distro specific items as far a I know03:05
Drommaybe some old stuff03:06
MadpilotOK03:06
Madpilotwe're trying to get art.u.c moving again - it's been neglected a bit - so this might be the prod we need :)03:06
Dromyou should update to latest system :), thos and benzea did several good features03:07
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coz_hello all03:24
coz_any edgy artwork being done yet?03:25
klepas_Zzzw've just had a meeting03:26
coz_klepas_Zzz, about the art work?03:26
klepas_Zzzthe minutes will be available in summary within the next 2 hrs03:26
klepas_Zzzyes03:26
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coz_klepas, i would like to contribute to the art work ..is there any particular direction the team has decided on03:27
klepaswe're organising ourselves and then we intend to get some work done03:27
klepaswe're going to re-organise the wiki (ie. please don't make large additions/changes)03:27
klepasand within the next two weeks an artist in chief will be decided per resume basis03:28
klepasart leaders, one tier below that will probably be chosen from the chief people working on the individual community themes03:28
coz_klepas,  so will it be possible to show artwork created to the team before I post on the forums03:29
klepaswe intend to cut down the traffic on the ML a lot03:29
klepasthere is too much on it at the moment03:29
klepascoz_: right now adding new work is distracting and leads off topic03:30
klepasat least over the ML and the wiki03:30
klepasif you have some work show it off here for the moment03:30
klepasbut once we've gotten organised and we identify the specific themes and such we need to do, and prioritise, yea definitely03:31
coz_klepas, ok i can come back within the next week or two to check when it would be appropirate to show the work. I don't want to post it on ubuntuforums until you people have had a chnce to view it03:31
coz_klepas,  thanks03:32
klepasno worries03:32
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lapohi01:11
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jelderthi guys, anyone around?02:38
msikmaHi02:38
jeldertI have a Windows theme which I'd like to use on Ubuntu, is that possible?02:39
jeldertI think it's not :(02:39
Drom|zZzit is not possible02:44
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jeldertand is there an easy way to create something myself? I found http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt/Tutorials/GtkThemes but I prefer something graphical02:46
jeldertwindowborder and some controls are enough for me02:47
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viper550Hello03:33
klepasmoin03:33
viper550Hey, Jimmac is in here, he designed the cursors that Linux distros commonly use now!03:33
klepas:)03:33
msikmaHe designed a whole lot more than just that.03:35
msikmajeldert: also, that's impossible, sorry. Someone would have to port that theme.03:35
viper550I know that, but his cursors are also good too!03:35
viper550Even better, I even thought his new Gilouche theme for SUSE 10.1 was so simliar to Compiz's defaults, that I ported it to Metacity with Gilouche as the base!03:36
msikmaYeah, his cursors are good. I don't see why there's a request to create new ones. How would we make new cursors differently from the ones that we already have? It's not something you can "orangify" (and making everything orange for the sake of it being orange isn't really a good plan either!)03:38
viper550Can we do DCC sending through here?03:39
viper550I've made new cursors differently, and they look pretty good. Would anyone like the raw SVG and PNG files?03:40
msikmaYeah, this isn't a no-DCC network :)03:40
msikmaI don't mind it if you send them to me, although I don't think that one SVG you sent to the mailing list is a very appropriate general-purpose icon.03:40
viper550I made some adjustments over here...03:41
msikmaIf you'd like me to crit them, I'd like to see the PNG files.03:41
msikmaYou can also mail them to me. Probably easier.03:41
msikmaDCC seems to not be very trustworthy :)03:42
viper550why?03:42
viper550We're both on Linux03:42
msikmaDCC sending sometimes fails when on faulty router settings. I'm behind two routers of which one is a little too restrictive.03:43
msikmaIt doesn't have anything to do with whether you're on Linux or not.03:43
msikmaI'm also currently not on Linux, I'm on Windows so I can use Photoshop.03:43
viper550oh...03:44
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msikmaBut if you send them to the mailing list, I'll crit them if you like.03:44
viper550I'll send the updated version to the mailing list03:44
viper550Sent...03:46
msikmaI'll check it in a second.03:48
viper550For the busy cursor, it will be inspired by jimmac's Tango spinner design03:49
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coz_morning all03:58
msikmaOkay, I sent a mail, viper55003:59
msikmaHi coz_03:59
coz_msikma, hello guy03:59
viper550Anyone here good with XFCE theming?03:59
coz_viper550, not me, sorry guy04:00
msikmaI wish. I still need to learn how exactly to build a theme, because that's one thing I want to start being involved with...04:00
msikmaWell, I'm going back to photochopping.04:00
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viper550Is there a xubuntu-artwork here?04:01
coz_viper550, what type of things are you looking for04:02
viper550Never mind, just trying to get XFCE 4.4 working on my FC5 box04:02
klepascoz_: you saw the message on AUC? :)04:02
coz_klepas, sorry no !!!!04:02
klepashttp://art.ubuntu.com04:03
klepasconcering what you consulted me on before :)04:03
klepasmore formal04:03
viper550I meant to say, if Xubuntu is XFCE based, I bet there are XFCE themers there!04:03
coz_klepas, thanks I appreciate it04:05
klepasno worries04:05
klepasthere will be a slight change to that announcement04:05
klepasas art.gnome.org does not accept distribution specific artwork (although it may have in the past)04:06
viper550www.gnome-look.org (I even uploaded a package of Dapper artwork there!)04:06
klepaswell no longer04:06
lapohi viper550, you did the usplash theme, right?04:07
klepasmsikma, i believe, lapo :)04:08
viper550No, I did however compete for the title though...only got upstaged by an orange version of 5.10's artwork04:08
lapoah ok04:08
viper550I still think mine is better, everyone on the mailing list liked it...04:10
viper550Lapo, I'll be happy to send you over DCC my Usplash artwork idea that got rejected by many votes04:13
lapoklepas: just a clarification about the meeting, it's not clear for me how the human themes get in the artwork theme picture04:13
coz_viper550, where did you post it so that it had a vote in the first place04:14
lapoviper550: I think I can't accept dcc, sorry, if you upload theme somewhere would be better04:14
lapoof by mail calamandrei at gmail dot com04:14
lapos/of/or/04:14
lapoklepas: ugh, I mean artwork *team* not theme, sorry :-)04:15
klepascould you elaborate?04:16
msikmaYeah, I did that usplash, by the way.04:16
lapoklepas: the artwork team will not control the human stuff right?04:16
msikmaWhich reminds me, I need to make a mock-up of what I believe should be the next one.04:17
msikmaAlso, viper550, I didn't really like yours for two reasons. One was that it wasn't exactly in the center of the image, and the other is that the gradient was off-center as well. I just think it was a nice idea, but a little shoddy. Some polish would have given it a better chance during the vote.04:18
laponice work on the usplash04:18
msikmaAfterall, yours didn't have as many colors as mine (with the glow and all) so you could have used that to make the gradient look extra good.04:18
bersaceHello everybody04:19
viper550But, I could only use 11 colors or something like that because I needed extra pallete spots for the colors of everything else on screen to show up!04:19
coz_are any of the splashes/desktop picks that did not make it , avaiable for viewing04:19
bersacei'm very happy to see a wiki squad born04:19
bersaceand to take part with it04:19
lapobtw guys all the buntus need to have something in common, I'm not saying they need to look the same, but for example usplash need to be similar04:19
bersace:)04:19
lapoatm kubuntu is kinda different04:20
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msikmacoz: yeah, there's an old wiki page for it.04:21
msikmaI made a Kubuntu splash in the same style, too, but it was reverted because it didn't adhere to their style guide, which is too bad. I should have done more research, since it was already too late for any further changes.04:21
msikmaThe usplash could have had 16 colors. Six of those colors are reserved (background, text color, "ok" color, "fail" color, progress bar background color, progress bar foreground color). But the reserved colors could also be used in the actual image.04:23
msikmaSeems to be difficult to find that old usplash page...04:24
lapoI think that would be better to ditch the text from the next uspalsh04:24
lapoor at least use a better font, like the one used in the livecd "bootmanager"04:25
msikmaYeah, me too.04:25
msikmaI did make a new font for it. It needs some minor fixes and doesn't have any accents yet.04:26
lapoI don't think you'll need accents boot messages are plain english04:27
lapoanother reason to ditch the text there, no localization04:27
msikmaI'd rather just remove the text, too, and then use a graphically more interesting progress bar.04:28
msikmaI once made mock-ups for that with the old usplash design.04:28
lapocool04:29
msikmahttp://omega.avalanchestudios.net/personal/dropbox/usplash/_usplash_misc_6.png04:29
msikmaExcept without the "starting up" text.04:29
lapouhm..04:29
lapoI'm not a big fan of the human progrss bar design, but cool04:30
klepaslapo: sorry04:32
klepasWe will be in control of Human, partially04:32
klepasHuman will be under the direct supervision of Mark and the artist in chief04:32
lapoklepas: what does partially mean?04:32
klepashopefully, and Mark has noted this, we will get a chance to put artwork into Edgy04:32
klepaswe might not be able to decide to change the GDM theme for example04:33
klepasmight not be up to us04:33
lapothat kinda sucks04:33
klepasi think this round is our chance to show that the artwork team can get organised, can collaborate and can make some beautiful artwork04:34
msikmaI'm certain we will be able to get a lot done if only we suggest proper art.04:34
lapowill the artist in chief have the "power" to control anything?04:34
msikmaMaybe we need to fork the design and start building it to end up exactly the way we want it to be and then hope the final version of the default theme incorporates many of such elements.04:34
klepasif we prove that this round for the artwork we get to do in Human and through the various other community themes (Outdoors, Tangerine, Tango) we will be able to probably do more work Edgy+04:34
klepaslapo: artist in chief will have the power to do a fair bit i would assume04:35
msikmahttp://thingmajig.org/tmp/edgysuggestion_0_8.png <-- this is what that progress bar would look in Dapper's context.04:35
msikma*look like04:35
lapouhm04:35
klepasMark has agreed to describe the role and so forth in a pending email to the ML04:35
lapoyep04:35
msikmaI still don't really know what the conclusion is of that mail I sent about special effects in Ubuntu.04:37
msikmaOne thing which I think is imperative is properly anti-aliased edges of rounded window decorations.04:38
msikmaThat's just a very tiny thing so I'm certain we can get that done exclusively through software rendering.04:38
lapomsikma: not possible with the current stuff04:38
msikma:(04:38
klepasyea, sadly not04:38
klepaswhich is why the 90 degree corners are nicer :)04:39
msikmaBy the time Vista is released, drop shadows will be used in both major proprietary operating systems, and Linux would fall behind in what's essentially a major feature.04:39
klepaspersonally, that is of course04:39
msikmalapo: oh, you're talking about the anti-aliased corners not being possible?04:39
klepasmsikma: there is a reason why metacity does not allow this04:39
msikmaOr just the drop shadows?04:39
klepasand drop shadows04:39
klepasbecause KISS04:39
lapomsikma: corners04:39
msikmaBecause no anti-aliased window edges is... well, kind of 1984.04:39
klepasmetacity runs on low end machines04:39
klepasmsikma: that is what XGL is for :)04:40
lapomsikma: a lot of fancy stuff is possible with compiz and next matacity04:40
msikmaCursors also have alpha transparency, and thus anti-aliasing, so I see absolutely zero reason why it's not possible to do software rendering for window corners04:40
klepasand XGL kicks Vista's and Mac OS X's graphics atm04:40
msikmaIt likely takes almost zero processing power.04:40
klepasnot sure of the technicalities of Metacity... you'd have to chat to the devels04:40
lapomsikma: probabily, but the current metacity cannot do it04:40
klepasbut i know it's not possible04:40
msikmaWell, that's very lame. And old-fashioned.04:41
klepasthat is what XGL is for04:41
klepasmsikma: and they could always use kwin :)04:41
klepasor KDE for that matter04:41
msikmaI don't see why we need a completely different program for something so small. I think it should have been done long ago, actually.04:41
klepasor... we could use non-rounded corners ;)04:41
lapothe next metacity will be more powerfull, and will have more theming possibilities04:41
msikmaWhy limit ourselves because of such a stupidly tiny thing?04:41
klepasmsikma: file a bug against Metacity04:41
msikmaI will. I'll go figure out where to do that right now. Or should I file it in Ubuntu?04:41
lapomsikma: because we are not developers :-)04:41
klepasbugs.gnome.org, iirc04:41
klepasmetacity04:42
klepasthat is much higher upstream04:42
klepasmsikma: sorry, bugzilla.gnome.org04:42
msikmaIt redirects there.04:42
klepas:)04:42
msikmaWell, thanks. I'll submit it.04:42
klepaskeep us posted :)04:43
klepasalthough slightly OT, what do you folks think of this: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34454204:43
msikmaI still think it's a little silly that such a thing just isn't possible to hack in.04:43
lapoI really hope for mark to see the light and adopt tango style for human04:43
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msikmaThat's another thing we should reason for.04:43
lapogimp is getting tangoified04:43
klepaslapo: i have my dreams... and also my doubts...04:43
lapognome icon theme as well04:44
klepasMark has openly stated he does not like Tango all that much04:44
msikmaTangerine is what Edgy should use. Tangerine looks better than Human and is completely compatible with all icons that are to be made in the future, since everything is likely to go Tango in the future.04:44
lapoklepas: I think mark don't know exactly what tango is04:44
lapomsikma: thanks :-)04:44
klepasmayhaps04:44
klepasyea, Tangerine is awesome04:44
klepasbut i doubt Mark, or the CC for that matter would back down from their decisions at this point04:45
klepasmaybe much further down the track04:45
klepasthey've invested a lot in Human04:45
msikmaI see no reason to continue using an inferior icon set.04:45
klepasand now it's in a LTS release...04:45
msikmaAlthough Tangerine is not without its bad things, too.04:45
feihungIs there a way change openoffice icon/toolbar :0)04:45
lapoklepas: jimmac is doing a great work on openoffice, so it will be have tango style icons soon (upstream even)04:45
klepasthat sounds great04:45
msikmaFor one thing, I despise the fact that _everything_ needs to be orange.04:45
lapoklepas: gnome icon theme will be tango style04:45
msikmaNot _everything_ needs to be orange, guys! By toning it down a little, the icons that ARE orange will have much more of an impact.04:46
laposcribus is there already04:46
lapomsikma: right04:46
klepaswell i shall be off04:46
lapomsikma: I think I remove some of the orangified icons from tangerine04:46
klepasneed the sleep04:46
klepasfull day of courses tomorrow, well today actually... :)04:46
lapogood "night" klepas04:46
msikmaI think that the "refresh" button is pretty poor.04:46
lapomsikma: my fault04:46
klepascheers :)04:46
klepasmsikma: ditto04:47
msikmaYou know, the thing that bothers me about Human the most is the icon used for "cancel".04:47
klepaslol :)04:47
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msikmaIt's a gigantic... knob of some sort.04:47
msikmaWith a huge X in it.04:47
klepas_Zzzit screams "ERROR!"04:47
klepas_Zzzto me04:47
klepas_Zzzah well04:47
klepas_Zzznight04:47
msikmaNight04:47
lapomsikma: there are problems with how gtk handles those icons btw04:47
msikmaYeah, that too. I remember reading about it.04:47
lapoyep, the metaphor there is pretty poor btw04:48
lapowhat andreasn did for tangerine is better actually04:48
lapoeven if not perfect yet04:48
msikmaI prefer that simple black x.04:49
lapocancel is not close04:49
msikmaThere are some parts of a system where you just shouldn't try too hard, I believe.04:49
lapocancel is more like undo04:49
msikmaCancel is close in 99% of the windows. Really, when you press cancel, you usually close a window and/or stop an action from happening.04:49
msikmaIt's not undo because you're cancelling an action before it's done.04:50
msikmaMan, this Gnome Bugzilla e-mail is taking forever to send.04:52
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msikmaThere we go: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34524905:43
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