On Wednesday 02 January 2008 00:06:07 Steven Garrity wrote: > John Baer wrote: > > Does it make sense to change the theme every other release cycle and > > use the off cycle to improve or tweak the current theme? > > This is a good point - it would be nice to see a somewhat common theme > getting more and more polished with each release. More of an evolution > than a complete redesign each time. That said, the last few themes have > been a bit like this. > > Things that are easier to change, like the splash screens and wallpaper > can change more frequently and dramatically. Things that are more > challenging to redesign well, like Gtk and Metacity themes evolve more > slowly. > > This reminds me of the 6 layers of buildings from Stewart Brand's > classic book, How Buildings Learn: > http://www.peterme.com/archives/00000323.html > > I would like to see a general visual theme for Fedora that can slowly > evolve and improve with each release, but still have enough wiggle-room > for each release to feel new and exciting. > > I proposed a seasonal Spring/Fall theme set to coincide with the > time-based release schedule of Fedora back in November. I've been trying > to create a page for it on the wiki, but I'm having trouble getting my > account created (probably my own fault). > > Quoting myself: > > As the Fedora release schedule is now about as reliable as the coming > > of spring and fall, it occurred to me that spring and fall might > > serve as appropriate visual themes for alternating releases. > > > > Both "spring" and "fall" (aka autumn) are nice natural visual > > metaphors that have recognizable and (potentially) beautiful color > > schemes associated with them. They are also both "natural" themes, > > which can work well for desktop themes. > > > > Perhaps we could adopt a "spring" visual theme for the odd-numbered > > releases that fall in the spring, and a "fall" visual theme for the > > even-numbered releases that fall in the, well, fall. Could it also be that the colors match the season (green for spring releases and yellow/orange for fall ones?)? > > > > This would also provide a way to have a strong visual change between > > releases, but still build on a larger theme that could grow more > > refined over multiple releases. > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-November/msg00099.html > > A theme like this would allow a common thread for all Fedora release > visuals, but also a nice back-and-forth change for each release. > > Cheers, > Steven Garrity > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-art-list mailing list > Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list -- Laith Juwaidah http://www.ljuwaidah.org/ _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
