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troy_sWhat now.12:41
Schalkenwhere is all the feisty artwork in the wiki?12:41
troy_sIt isn't.12:41
Schalkenis it anywhere?12:42
troy_sNo.12:43
Schalkenhumph :\12:43
troy_sWell aside from running a chroot, vmware-player, or like ap.12:43
troy_sWhy do you want it?12:43
Schalkenjust wanted to see how it was going12:44
Schalkenif at all12:44
troy_sIt is pretty much done, with some small movements along the way I am sure.12:44
Schalkenis there a place i can see? (other than by upgrading)12:45
troy_sProbably not.12:45
troy_sUse vmwareplayer12:45
troy_sIt is relatively painless...12:45
troy_sSeeing it isn't a huge deal though.12:46
troy_sAs (thankfully) the opinions won't matter.12:46
troy_sOtherwise it just opens up a silly bikeshed of silly opinions.12:46
Schalkenwell im actually in opensuse atm12:47
troy_sGreat.  Then don't worry about it.12:47
Schalkenlol12:47
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kwwiitroy_s: hey man, fell asleep, sorry01:32
kwwiiI guess it is high time for me to send an email to the list ;-)01:32
kwwiiwoke up after having bad dreams..my mind knows when "I've got mail" it seems01:33
kwwiitroy_s: I'm putting an email together for the art list - will send it tomorrow morning01:35
troy_skwwii sure...01:43
troy_sit doesn't really matter01:43
troy_sit's not like it is up for discussion etc...01:43
kwwiiactually, i want it to be01:44
kwwiiit is up for discussion within bounds01:44
kwwiithat would help us prove how usefull we can be01:44
kwwiianyway, going on 2am here01:52
kwwiitime for sleep (again)01:53
troy_skwwii I see your point.01:55
troy_sProblem is, it can open up a can of bikeshed that is really worthless, unless you lay in some serious01:56
troy_sand I mean _serious_ ground rules.01:56
kwwiiwell, that is why I want to start writing an email today and send it tomorrow :p01:56
kwwii(and ask the opinions of you and other in the know first)01:56
troy_sDid you make a decision on palette concepts yet?01:56
troy_sI think we could do a 'hunt and gather' the stinky colours in the icons presently, which is far from ideal but...01:57
kwwiiI've been playing around with them...not sure exactly in which direction to go yet01:57
troy_sYeah ok...01:57
troy_sIf you make a decision, it might be nice to actually bring the icons into line...01:57
kwwiidefinitely01:57
troy_s(assuming you keep the tan as the root, i am pretty sure we could find a tone that works that is close to the existing colours...)01:58
troy_sa very easy project really, assuming you can figure out a palette base you like.01:58
kwwiiyeah, I think the tan is pretty much default now01:58
troy_sWell yah... I am not suggesting dumping the tan01:58
troy_sBut as you could see, you have quite a few options01:58
kwwiiwell, part of this was a discussion that I started with Jane about how much we can change the official logo colors for use on screen01:58
troy_seven within locking the tan as say, a 60% 'feel' color01:59
kwwiitrying to cover my ass before I leap01:59
troy_sJane is rather useless01:59
troy_sconsidering that it is sab's call.01:59
troy_s(i know your contract probably says jane though)01:59
kwwiiactually I was told to do it through her (and I have some experience working with her)01:59
kwwiiso I need to get her to nod her head once01:59
troy_s_and_ considering that the other 'heads of state' all sit idly by whilst the design issues amass more and more problems.01:59
troy_sabsolutely.01:59
kwwiithe more I do the more I see how much they are leaving this stuff to me02:00
troy_sIt just seems that inevitably, sab will pull the pin.02:00
kwwiiprobably so that if I make the mistakes it comes back on me02:00
kwwiiwhich is fine by me ;-)02:00
troy_sWell mistakes are... relative.02:00
troy_sAnd, in an ideal world, expected.02:00
kwwiiyepp, it is the whole picture that is more important this time around02:00
troy_sAs one could argue that all of the bloody buntu's are a mistake as of now.02:00
troy_slol02:00
troy_sThey certainly all suffer from the same issues fundamentally.02:01
kwwiithe best/worst part of this cycle is that I have a long way to go and a short time to get there, so nobody can expect the world02:01
troy_sI think part of that is rooted in the stinking GNOME/KDE politics.02:01
kwwiithat is true, although I call it religion, not politics02:01
kwwii;-)02:01
troy_sWell... yes it is worse than politics.02:01
kwwiiit is not founded on any real intelligent reasoning02:02
troy_sIn politics at least you can assassinate people and have it die.02:02
kwwiias we are a distro we can go around that though02:02
troy_sNope.02:02
troy_sSort of...02:02
troy_sI was speaking with an unnamed person today02:02
troy_sand I can tell you, it roots deep.02:02
troy_sEveryone is quite gutless02:02
troy_sNo one wants to make a decision and simply turns things into an 'upstream' issue.02:03
kwwiidude, the upstream themeing discussion is a no-go02:03
troy_s???02:03
kwwiithere is little chance that gnome and kde are going to ever want to be the same02:03
troy_sNo when speaking of the 'larger' design issues.02:03
troy_sGod no02:03
troy_sThat's the point02:03
troy_sBut reality, the end user (lets assume say, someone in the 18-36 region with no FOSS experience) gives a shit about the politics -- they just get a desktop and they either think it stinks or doesn't.02:04
troy_sIt has very little to do with politics.02:04
kwwiiif you look at what we have done with the oxygen icons you will see that we have put thought into working well with gnome (tango)02:04
troy_sfor better or worse02:04
kwwiisure, for the end user the whole thing is turned completely around02:04
troy_sI find it difficult to reconcile anything universal with my background.02:05
troy_sThe terms simply doesn't exist, so designing for that myth is absolutely folly.02:05
troy_sIt inherently will involve aesthetics.02:05
troy_sAnd that means a very distinct 'twist' on a concept.02:05
kwwiiyeah02:06
kwwiion another topic, do you know how to install feisty in vmware?02:07
troy_syes02:07
troy_svery simple02:07
troy_sfirst02:07
troy_ssudo aptitude install vmware-player02:07
troy_s2nd make a vmx set02:07
troy_swww.easyvmx.com i think02:08
kwwiiI have a vmware server running02:08
troy_swill work for you02:08
troy_sthird, download install iso and install it.02:08
kwwiiahh, cool, that is what I was looking for02:08
troy_s;)02:08
kwwiiwell, the installer borks everytime I get past the keyboard stuff02:08
kwwiiit just sits there02:08
kwwiion the console there is some complaint about the hard drive02:08
kwwiihehe, since I updated my kernel it now seems to work ::-)02:09
kwwiisorry for the bother02:09
kwwiitime for bed now though02:11
kwwiisee you tomorrow02:16
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coz_evening all02:44
the_foolhello02:44
coz_hey guy:)02:44
the_fool:)02:45
coz_I don't know eeryon who comes here but ar eyou new?02:45
the_foolyep02:45
coz_well then welcome :)02:45
the_foolthnaks02:45
the_foolbrb02:45
coz_so have you come to discuss , or show work, or just hang out /02:46
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darkmatterhiya klepas06:56
klepashey darkmatter07:13
klepashow's the cold?07:13
darkmattergetting better07:15
darkmatternow I can work on glory more and catch up on bashing out the toolkit foundations fore my soon-to-start code project07:15
klepas:-)07:36
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kwwiire07:03
troy_skwwii are you still interested in that GDM?07:04
kwwiitroy_s: definitely07:04
troy_sit seems like your balls are pinched for time, so I figured I would ask about it before i pushed a branch.07:04
kwwiilol07:04
kwwiiplease do, I'll work on gdm this week, so I can start from your branch07:05
troy_sthere are actually a few 'bugs' in the code too.07:05
troy_sas in finite set sizes for the entry box07:05
troy_setc07:05
troy_shard coded messes07:05
kwwiinasty07:05
troy_sideally, those would be 100% scalable07:05
troy_sthey are easy to fix, but the 'fix' might pop up some new features ;)07:05
kwwiiI looked into it a bit and wondered exactly which values are really used and which are ignored07:05
troy_si was looking into the german word wrap issue07:05
troy_sbut i can't seem to see a way to adjust for wrappage07:06
troy_si can clip07:06
troy_sbut no wrap07:06
troy_swell there are two portions of stanza that are completely there just to take up space07:06
kwwiiyeah, there is no intelligent text engine for that07:06
troy_si'll try to get the fixes in and push a branch.07:06
kwwiiexcellent, thanks07:06
troy_skwwii: it is an upstream issue07:06
troy_sand wrapping07:06
troy_swould adjust the 'box' vars which adjusts composition etc.07:06
troy_skwwii: Have you heard of UIML?07:07
kwwiiI'll start filing bugs against gdm with my kde.org account :p07:07
kwwiinope, never heard of it07:07
troy_sLook into it... it is quite interesting in terms of designing towards the future.07:07
troy_sit is a universal interface markup language07:07
kwwiiwow, cool07:07
troy_sthat makes no assumptions about how something is to be displayed07:07
kwwiisounds interesting07:07
troy_sit is rather interesting because it tackles all of the accessibility issues/power user issues/etc07:08
troy_swith one broad stroke -- preventing app designers from 'locking' their interfaces into a particular layout07:08
troy_sand it provides XML for a specialized interface designer to tweak07:08
troy_srather interesting on a side note...07:08
troy_sjust reminded me from dicking with GDM07:08
kwwiikiller07:09
troy_shave a peek at it... it has some good ideas in it.07:10
kwwiiI will07:10
troy_sso07:10
troy_swhat i was going to say07:11
troy_sis push your last branch into gdm with your changes07:11
troy_sand let me pull fresh off of it07:11
troy_sso that we don't get too worried about merges07:11
kwwiiuntil now I have no changes ;-)07:11
troy_s(simple incremental makes it easier as you can imagine)07:11
troy_sokie07:11
troy_si thought you pushed new art for the gdm07:11
kwwiigoing to add a new logo when I work on the version from the usplash07:11
troy_slogo wise etc.07:11
troy_sahh.07:11
kwwiietienne had some great comments07:11
troy_sok no guarantees, but I will try to clean it up now or so07:11
kwwiigreat07:12
troy_sechoed the nerf the white07:12
troy_set is a very clever guy07:12
troy_swho_'s original CoF has some very fresh 'fruity' colours in the grads which really work.07:12
troy_sif you could somehow recapture that, i think it would solve the white pink issues.07:12
kwwiiyeah, the pink seems a bit much to me07:13
troy_sit is obviously unintentional07:15
troy_sjust a byproduct of the classic white gloss07:15
kwwiiyeah, it comes from the palette07:15
kwwiiI had an idea about the bg though07:15
kwwiimaking a pic with a gradient as it is now, but not scale the pic and put it on a solid color bg (with the same color as the outside of the gradient07:16
troy_sperhaps cheating the hue on the gloss might work -- instead of value only (ie adding white translucency)07:16
kwwiithat way people with large screens would not notice that the pic does not fit07:16
troy_sinteresting idea07:16
troy_sif it is svg though, zoom will take care of that without breaking it down07:16
kwwiitrue07:17
troy_sfunny you should mention that, the current WIP i have now07:17
kwwiinot sure about using an svg though07:17
troy_sfor a side project07:17
troy_sis 17% opaque07:17
kwwiilol07:17
troy_sand relies on a vertical background grad07:17
kwwiiouch, I wonder why07:17
troy_swell it is by design07:17
troy_sin gnome, the background grad will show through if your png/svg is translucent07:17
troy_swhich can make for some interesting mixes.07:18
troy_sIt allows for a user to tweak a colour base without needinga full blown new wallpaper07:18
troy_s(within some obvious limitations that aren't worth mentioning ;) )07:18
troy_sdid you try one with the centre punch moved over?07:19
kwwiiseems like it would be better to just use a pic like you want07:19
kwwiiit certainly would save a bit of time loading07:19
troy_sit saves a bit, but is a bit more flexible.07:19
kwwiiyeah, I am in the process of doing just that07:19
troy_sfor people who want the 'design' but07:20
troy_sdon't want a given colour set07:20
kwwiigotcha07:20
troy_s(dynamic hooks into the SVG is an ideal scenario)07:20
troy_sdarkmatter and I were working on something akin to that07:20
troy_sfor themes07:20
troy_ssetup a few icons with some established escape sequences and let the user tweak the colours through python07:20
kwwiiinteresting07:20
troy_sinto Tropic nightmares of their own love.07:20
troy_sPython is the best thing to happen to computing since sliced bread.07:21
kwwiilol07:22
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troy_sspeak of the sick devil07:22
troy_show's the flu dark?07:23
troy_skwwii: By the way, you never answered on a question I asked ages ago07:23
troy_sWhy did the default folder icon change?  I know it is a work in progress, but the earlier versions I saw seemed more elegant.07:23
darkmattertroy_s, hiya07:24
troy_sor is that nino(sp?)07:24
darkmatterits better now... kinda... just gotback from the hospital...07:24
troy_ssheesh07:24
darkmatterI hate my lungs07:24
troy_sdarkmatter: Have you had any time for the middle grey project?07:25
troy_sdarkmatter: I have some time to try plugging away at the python elements.07:25
darkmatterhaha... yeah... was feeling well enough to work on it last night.. then 15 minutes after I started gimping my lungs threw a hissy fit07:26
darkmatterbut I think I'll be able to do more today07:27
kwwiitroy_s: it was one of those group decisions that I didn't win, basically07:27
troy_slol07:28
troy_skwwii Fall down go boom07:28
darkmatterhaha07:28
kwwiiexactly :-)07:28
troy_skwwii Well that's too bad.  How many folks contribute to oxygen beyond yourself?07:28
troy_snuino and ?07:28
kwwiinuno and david07:28
troy_sah.07:28
troy_swow... that's a pro wrestling 2:107:29
kwwiiand nuno does pretty much whatever david wants07:29
kwwiiyeah07:29
troy_sSounds like fun.07:29
troy_sPatsies.07:29
troy_s;)07:29
kwwiioh yeah, you gotta love a good democracy07:29
troy_sYou got to love em.07:29
darkmatterthis is one of those "sabdfl flexes his deep pockets n says "I'm da daddy.... we use these folders.. NOW!!!!" moments?07:29
darkmatter;)07:29
troy_sYep.  Isn't that the addage that a giraffe is what you get when you try to create a horse through democracy?07:30
kwwiilol, yeah07:30
troy_salthough i have some fundamental disagreements with it -- most of the best work i have ever seen is through tight collaboration.07:30
troy_sultimately, it is the individuals involved.07:30
troy_skwwii do you do the 'hardware' icons?07:33
kwwiioh believe me when I say that the teamwork on oxygen is sooo much better than it was on crystal07:33
kwwiitroy_s: well, I have done quite a few of them07:33
kwwiiI am the best illustrator in the group07:33
kwwiiand those icons are very realistic07:33
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darkmatterbrb07:36
kwwiithis weekend went by way too fast07:38
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PingunZkwwii, mind sharing the link ? :)07:47
PingunZof your flickr07:47
kwwiiPingunZ: www.flickr.com/people/kwwii/07:49
PingunZk, thx :)07:49
kwwiinot too much there yet07:50
kwwiibut you can see the lasagne I made today07:50
PingunZhehe07:50
PingunZnice07:50
PingunZ:)07:50
PingunZa lil' too long in the oven imo07:50
kwwiilol07:51
PingunZI think google should make a flickr like thing07:53
troy_sisn't that where picassa is heading?07:53
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PingunZtroy_s, didn't know about that, but you're right :)07:54
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PingunZ250mb, not bad07:55
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