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h4writerdo I need to take a scrnshot?12:09
troy_sif you are offering something up for comparison it seems to make logical sense12:09
troy_sotherwise you can't exactly flip back and forth visually easy enough...12:09
troy_sjust a thought, not that my opinion matters.  i would suggest it will make it easier for kwwii to evaluate against what he is currently working with though.12:10
h4writerok12:10
kwwiih4writer: if the content text was a bit smaller, I could see using such a light grey, as the text would stand out due to it's size12:10
h4writerI'm opening gimp12:10
kwwiiwhy not oragne?12:10
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h4writerthat's the old one: http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oldhelpcentrefq1.png12:12
h4writer(I'm not that good in layout, but I think it's an improvement. If you want I want change some things, but like I said I'm not that good (especially with details)12:14
h4writerSo you think the left bar isn't good?12:14
kwwiiI love the left bar - it looks amazing12:15
kwwii;-)12:15
h4writerokey12:16
kwwiiI was only talking about the color of the title text12:16
kwwiiand/or size of it12:16
kwwiibut rather than make the text bigger, make the other text a bit smaller12:16
h4writer(just ripped it from gnome-control-panel:p)12:16
kwwiivery nice, much better than edgy12:17
kwwiianother choice would be to make the grey color a bit darker12:17
h4writerI think it's that fresh, because the grey is light12:18
troy_sseems that grey is very unhumanish no?12:18
troy_skwwii?12:18
kwwiiI agree with that totally, but i think it still needs to stand out somehow, however slightly to show that it is a title12:18
troy_sare you talking about the font colour or the pill?12:19
kwwiitroy_s: I think that there is a lot of very human incfluences in that screen12:19
troy_skwwii it also, and i know you have a long list of crap to deal with12:19
h4writermaybe with some icons before it?12:19
troy_sthat the 'orange' should be locked into place hue wise12:19
h4writerlike a list12:19
kwwiiI am talking about the grey color of the text at the top right12:19
troy_sprobably snag it from the folder icon and say 'this is ubuntu orange' (not logo)12:19
troy_sso that the hues are the same12:20
troy_sacross all uses.12:20
kwwiitroy_s: if we had a decent palette ready it would not be a problem12:26
troy_skwwii ;)12:26
troy_sno shit12:26
troy_skwwii the problem is that sabdfl has taken this backasswards appraoch12:27
troy_snow it is retrofitting poorly combined colours with12:27
troy_sa 'larger' palette12:27
troy_sthe orange for example, simply breaks it.12:27
kwwiioh, I think he knows much less about this than you think12:27
kwwiiit is more of a feeling for him, I think12:27
troy_sthe tan and the orange are like... oblique12:27
troy_sthey _cannot_ be reconciled12:27
troy_sthey are leagues off on value at the very least12:27
troy_shue wise i suppose we could kludge around localize the tan, localize the orange and distribute accordingly12:28
troy_sbut _something_ has to give somewhere.12:28
kwwiisure12:28
kwwiithat is very apparent12:28
troy_stake the degrees off of tan hue from orange and distribute around using a quad, or a triplet, or...12:28
troy_sbut even still... the value sucks12:28
kwwiimy biggest worry is that I, in my haste, create something off-base12:29
troy_si would need to experiment with the thing as I haven't actually looked at where the bloody orange falls on the wheel12:29
troy_syou know what?  anything off base, if it follows an bloody architecture, is leagues better than where it sits.12:29
kwwiionce feisty artwork is out the door we can work on this12:29
troy_seven if it is questionable in execution.12:29
kwwiiyeah, but creating something only to change it right away is stupid too12:30
troy_smy thinking is that we should consider what is the more important hue12:30
troy_sthe tan or the orange12:30
troy_sand anchor from that12:30
troy_skwwii yep12:30
kwwiiand people wasting time on testing whether it works is worth money12:30
troy_skwwii ultimately though, the main problem is that there is no pattern.  it is very throw shit at wall and see if it sticks, which with _zero_ architecture, is a complete subjective and bikeshed bound waste of time.12:31
h4writerI thought there was a color scheme?12:31
troy_sno12:31
troy_sthere _was_ one for many ages ago, but a braindead imp could realize it is being followed exactly 0% of the time12:31
kwwiitroy_s: yepp, true as well12:31
troy_skwwii if you manage to win that argument, it is deadly easy for us to say12:32
troy_sA) wallpaper should be middle grey in tone (18% value) based on hues x/y/z/a/b12:32
kwwiieven if the rule is "break the rule" at least do it in an organized and reproducable way :-)12:32
troy_sb) icons say are more saturated... but still use x/y/z/a/b12:32
kwwiisuch palettes are living documents12:33
troy_sthe nice thing about having those architectural elements in place is that it lets you say 'that is borked out of the gate'12:33
kwwiibut without a good base you loose track12:33
troy_spalettes should be locked.12:33
h4writer(i'm looking to all this text as a n00b:p I didn't know there was such a 'theory' behind it12:33
troy_sthat is the whole point of them... they12:33
kwwiitroy_s: a base palette is locked12:34
troy_sare meant to be a specific 'subset' to communicate elements.  if you round them out to include every hue, they are no longer a palette.12:34
kwwiiand an extended one is certainly needed12:34
troy_sthe idea is to create 'grass', for example, with the restricted colours...12:34
kwwiias many companies have per product cycle12:34
troy_sthat creates the mood.12:34
troy_swhich is why good brand palettizing has some lovely work -- you see stylized sky motifs that are green or ..., stylized flowers that are xxx, etc.12:35
troy_sall the while you know that the colours dictate the consistency.12:35
troy_swhich is again, one of tangos weaknesses12:35
troy_setc.12:35
troy_sthe palette is too broad and effectively loses its consistency12:36
troy_sh4writer: yes, there are a good deal of solid books on colour theory (without getting into the rather questionable notions of colour psychology)12:36
troy_scolour psychology for all intents and purposes is a bunk concept.  they are all culturally learned responses.12:36
h4writernice12:37
troy_sh4writer: If you plan on reading some, start with some of the more mainstream oil painter style versions.  they are pretty practical in approach.12:38
h4writerbut still I think the one I give is better than the probably correct edgy help centre.12:38
h4writer(my intention is not to not follow the rules12:39
h4writeris just I don't know them yet)12:39
kwwiitroy_s: if tango was smart, the would create a real palette and use the current one as an icon palette base only12:39
kwwiibut anyway, enough about tango12:39
h4writerI will definitely start reading it12:39
troy_skwwii I think that when you implement a limited palette across a good number of installations, they look wonderful.12:39
troy_slook at some of metisse's work for example12:40
troy_syou simply see the 'set' when you look at different paintings12:40
troy_sbecause the palette is identical.12:40
kwwiibetter yet, I have worked with branding stuff from Siemens, Fujitsu, IBM, Novell, etc12:40
kwwiiit is amazing how they think of everything12:41
kwwiiin one solid package12:41
troy_sabsolutely!12:41
troy_sthat's the whole idea12:41
troy_sseeing the forest12:41
troy_snot the trees12:41
kwwiismall, definable, usable12:41
troy_sa good friend of mine started up the drawing board12:41
troy_s(huge hip hop design firm that did many many albums in the hip hop heyday)12:41
troy_sand he was a huge palette stickler12:42
troy_sit works regardless of the colours you choose... just stick to the set.12:42
troy_s(it also forces a certain creativity because you can't choose 'red' if you don't have it.)12:42
kwwiiyepp, definitely12:42
troy_sthe result can be quite stunning in the hands of a gifted artist.12:42
kwwiiit defines a style12:42
troy_sand the internal consistency is invaluable12:42
kwwiiand you have to be a good artist to create works in a given style12:43
kwwiibut without such info it would be impossible12:43
troy_swell that is where we get a massive boost from having such a palette12:43
kwwiiaka what happened to crystal12:43
troy_sif our palette is say, 5-6 primary hues12:43
troy_syou get a certain degree of 'style' simply by implementing the palette12:43
kwwiithe thing is, 4 are predefined12:43
kwwiiyellow, orange, red and black12:43
troy_swell yes.12:44
troy_sbut those aren't a palette thus far12:44
kwwiiand you have to include black as it is a major element of the logo12:44
troy_sthose are more like 'coke red'12:44
troy_sthe palette from what i can see12:44
troy_sis loosely rooted in either the tan12:44
troy_sor the orange12:44
troy_s(not the logo orange)12:44
troy_sthe orange in the icons12:44
kwwiiI would want 12 or so colors and 3 or 4 variations of each to be able to decide on a final selection12:44
troy_sone could argue that with that monochrome wallpaper the tan is probably the more important.12:44
troy_s12 hues is pretty much a full spectrum12:45
troy_srgb/cmy12:45
troy_sthat's six and covers a good deal12:45
kwwiiwell, one would settle on about 8 I guess12:45
troy_slol12:45
kwwiibut looking at that many would be good12:45
kwwii6 at the least12:46
troy_sit would be nice to have a very finite set12:46
kwwiivery least12:46
troy_sat the very least to steer the consistency12:46
kwwii4 main colors, and a few others12:46
troy_s(values aside)12:46
troy_syes12:46
kwwiiat least two tans12:46
troy_s% bases of the whole12:46
kwwiia reddish and an orange version12:46
troy_smost designer selections offer you a triplet12:46
kwwiihaving a yellowish on would not be bad either12:46
kwwiisure, and then triplets of those :-)12:47
kwwiianyway12:47
troy_sit would be nice to have one.12:47
kwwiitime for bed12:47
troy_si think we can agree on that.12:47
troy_snicht kiwi12:47
troy_si must mop12:47
troy_slol12:47
h4writerkwwii, sorry to interrupt, but I'm going to my bed. Now what's the state of the help centre. Will you look for it, so it makes feisty. Or do I still need to do some things?12:48
kwwiiI, like a dipshit, left the mercedes door open last night and the battery was dead, which means I have to get up early after it is done charging and put it back in the car so my wife can go to work12:48
kwwiih4writer: will you be online tomorrow?12:48
h4writernop, got a party12:48
kwwiih4writer: it is too late for the next herd anyway12:48
kwwiitoday was the deadline12:49
h4writersaterday I will be online12:49
kwwiih4writer: so if we put it in soon we might still make it through12:49
kwwiih4writer: I'd like to check out how to make it look best though12:49
h4writerok12:49
kwwiih4writer: which time zone are you in?12:49
h4writer+112:50
h4writereurope, Brussel12:50
kwwiiexcellent, I am in germany12:50
h4writernice, so that will not be a problem12:50
kwwiiwe will definitely talk about this more, ok?12:50
h4writerok12:50
h4writerI see you saterday12:50
h4writeralright?12:50
kwwiigreat, see you then!12:50
h4writerbye12:50
kwwiibye12:51
kwwiinight troy_s, all12:51
kwwiitroy_s: btw. I got a response from the media center people12:51
kwwiitelling me that not much is done yet12:51
kwwiilook at the webpage12:51
kwwii, etc12:51
kwwiithat seems to be about it12:51
troy_skwwii well we12:52
kwwiithe guy who is/was doing it had a hardware problem or such12:52
troy_sshould maybe offer a brainstorm?12:52
kwwiidefinitely12:52
troy_show about you email me a set of your ideas12:52
troy_sand we can see if we can round something out12:52
troy_sinto at least a solid starting point12:52
troy_ssee if it flies.12:52
kwwiihow about we talk with them first to decide exactly what they need?12:52
troy_ssure... see what their expectations are.12:53
kwwiiI can imagine that they have different needs than the normal ubuntu distro12:53
troy_sthat said, it might be nice to bring _something_ to the table.12:53
kwwiisee what limitations there are12:53
troy_s(hopefully they are going with myth)12:53
troy_sseems like a no brainer12:53
kwwiiget all the info first12:53
troy_si already see the language issue12:53
kwwiiand then walk blindly into the forest12:53
kwwii:p12:53
troy_shopefully that can be negotiated.12:54
kwwiiyeah12:54
troy_swell yeah... if you have been in contact12:54
troy_ssee what you can glean12:54
troy_si am ok for meetings over the next week12:54
troy_sthen i start another show12:54
kwwiiI'll respond tomorrow12:54
kwwiifor tonight I am done12:54
troy_saight12:54
troy_schat soon12:54
kwwiisee you soon12:54
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nysosymi will go to bed now, my screen burns in my eyes ^^01:28
nysosymhave a nice my friends :)01:29
nysosymhope to see u soon01:29
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h4writerping troy_s08:40
h4writerquestion is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=ubuntu-palette.png good as color scheme?08:40
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troy_show come there are so many folks in here?04:35
pmjdebruijnso many?04:36
coz_lol04:36
troy_syes... 21 is more than usual.04:36
troy_sgreets coz_, missed you there.04:36
coz_troy_s, greetings in return ")04:36
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coz_well this channel gets more and more chatty everyday ")04:41
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coz_afternoon07:29
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coz_question... i woul dlike to use keybindings to open/close the cd tray  particularly close it after about 6 econds...I can make the keybinding in gome to open it but the keybinding toclose itisinmetacity and with beryl running that doesn't work07:30
coz_wrong channel07:30
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