[03:44] <yao_ziyuan> i think the no.1 problem in gnome is probably the desktop icon text color. it's white and just doesn't work with light wallpapers. i found a perfect solution.
[03:45] <yao_ziyuan> put a gtkrc-2.0 file in your home dir with this content: http://fpaste.org/jpvP/ . this will set your desktop icon text color to black, and put a 50%-translucent round-cornered box around the text.
[03:45] <yao_ziyuan> the purpose is that whether your wallpaper is dark or light, desktop icon text will always be highly contrasted. i recommend it be a default configuration for ubuntu.
[09:31] <vish> thorwil: Can we make announcement of submissions mandatory? This way the mailing list gets notified when new submissions are included. Otherwise, it needs someone to actively check the submissions on flickr.
[09:33] <thorwil> vish: mandatory would mean we would have to track that and exclude submissions accordingly. not feasible, not nice
[09:33] <thorwil> we sure can encourage it
[09:34] <vish> thorwil: well, we can 'say' mandatory, but be flexible.. or we can say that the announced submissions would be given first preference ;)
[09:35] <thorwil> what are we, politicians?
[09:36] <vish> ;p
[09:36] <vish> thorwil: well, like the debconf submissions, i dint know you had submitted.. until leonardo said you were the chosen one ;p
[09:36] <thorwil> 2020: wikileaks leaks the vish-thorwil cables
[09:37] <vish> 'the chosen one'
[09:37] <thorwil> vish: that was outside ubuntu artwork
[09:38] <vish> yea, but it was kinda within the realm, since the submitters were only from U-artwork..  it just seemed like no one had taken interest in the project..
[09:39] <vish> thorwil: it just seems that if we announce submissions it might encourage more critiques (which might be good or bad..)
[09:41] <thorwil> i admit, the thought that someone might offer critique on our list that would help me to improve the draft didn't even occur to me
[19:29] <thorwil> test reader/users appreciated: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/backtestground/ :)
[19:32] <Schendje> thorwil: sweet, is it cool if i plug it in the fedora design meeting right now?
[19:32] <Schendje> we're starting work on the next fedora wallpapers
[19:34] <thorwil> Schendje: no, go on
[19:34] <thorwil> Schendje: what's the channel?
[19:34] <Schendje> thorwil: #fedora-design on Freenode