> Thanks for starting this discussion! :) > [...] > * New wallpaper, login screen derived from Mola/Mizmo ideas that needs > to match Echo theme > > I don't think the theming work has to be made to match Echo. I think as > long as it incorporates the Fedora blue colors they'll go well together > just fine. > > I'm also not sure what ideas you're referring to :) We should probably > resurrect the theming brainstorming page [1], update it for FC7 and add > some of the things that have been proposed since then (I remember some > cool things discussed on the list wrt FC7 a month or so ago.) Let's do it them. > * The login screen needs to get a user list which was missing since > Fedora Core 1. There is a Gnome version of list login screen that can be > used as a sample. > > It is fine to create a GDM theme that includes the user list, but the > user list version cannot be made the default GDM theme. The primary > concern is security - a list of usernames on the login screen makes it > easier to guess passwords. > I understand. It would be nice to replace the old user list by a new version for people who are still looking to use it. > * Legacy artwork from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 6 should be added for > users looking to have them. Packaging them in Fedora Extras might be a > good way. > > That's a cool idea, but is it then okay to have the release numbers in > the artwork? (Would be weird to have FC6-specific artwork in FC7, for > example?) Should we make it a policy to leave release numbers out? > (makes it impossible then to come up with release-version specific > artwork such as the c6re [2] logo.) No need of releases number but putting a description about the original artwork will suffice. I am for not including any release numbers in the artwork. > * It appears Cairo engine is very stable. It will be be nice to for some > people to generate an enhanced Clearlook theme for Fedora Core 7. > > Developing a theme is pretty difficult & time-consuming but if we can > get some good mockups early on then it'd be easier to hit FC7. > Like Leo mentiooned, let use the existing theme to enhance it. It can be a combination of Clearlook with other themes. > * Since there is a lot KDE users, provide the artworks to smoothly blend > with Gnome applications. > > I'm not sure what you mean by smoothly blend with GNOME applications? Do > you mean the theming work for GNOME should also be done for KDE? Is > anybody on the list a KDE user or knowledgable about KDE such they could > advise us on this? Right. I was thinking to gather desktop environments artists (including Enlightement) so they can tune the theme for their favorite DE (KDE, xfce, well all DE available in Extras repository). > * Making Anaconda look very pleasant without compromising the performance. > > I'm not sure what you mean here - the colors available? The design of > the screens? Some things there isn't a whole lot there can be done about > because of technical limitations. If there are specific issues we want > to target let's create a list and I can discuss it with Jeremy Katz and > see how much is possible. Let's get the list of technical limitation so we can work around it. One of example is the customization screen which I found plain, not professional. We will need to polish them with tools like Glade 3 which should be available in rawhide soon. Luya Tshimbalanga -- Fedora Project Contributor http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/LuyaTshimbalanga http://www.fedoranews.org _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
