[Design-team] The theme

[Brad Fanella]

I agree with you. We should have a nice, slick, simple design for a
wallpaper, or at least for a default. We can add other alternatives for
people who want a wallpaper that pops

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Hristo Petkov <vaeood at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> In my view the purpose of the background is to be as neutral as possible,
> It is a background (neither foreground nor a masterpiece of the top design
> artwork) and in being so it should stay calm and stress out the icons
> (actually nothing in the design of the background is functional) and provide
> a whole image of the system (desktop, icons, frame of the monitor if you
> want).
> Haven't you asked yourself the question why the fireworks for example are
> done usually in the night, and not for example at noon time against the sun.
>
> Yes, it is personal preference, but if you concentrate on convenience of
> work and change the backgrounds for testing purposes you could 'feel and
> find out' which is appropriate and which is not.
>
> By the way if your desktop theme is such that you are not willing to change
> it for anything else or you could hardly find what to change it for - it's
> O.K.
>
> If you wonder all the time how change it - it is not exactly O.K. Anyway.
>
> Have a nice day
>
> --- On *Fri, 1/15/10, Lukáš Vlček <lukas.vlcek at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Lukáš Vlček <lukas.vlcek at gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Design-team] The theme
> To: "Fedora Design Team" <design-team at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 8:33 PM
>
>
> Christo,
>
> I think this is very subjective. For example I currently use the following
> as my background: http://marcuscutler.com/wallpaper-2010-calendar.html
> It is bright and contains strong visual elements (even text!).
> Moreover, most of the time I do not see it at all because my desktop is
> filled with many application windows. I see the background just at the
> beginning of my work and it sets my mood in the morning... so I would not
> overvalue dark and neutral backgrounds. Also I tend to change background
> several times during the year (may be four or five times...)
>
> This brings up the most important question: What is the purpose of the
> background in Fedora?
> Users can find tons of neutral backgrounds on the net and switch if they
> like (and I believe they do it) but I believe that for background in Fedora
> the most important function is to carry a message!
>
> I am quite new to this mail list so this might have been discussed before
> but I think that there is no reason why F13 shouldn't be shipped with
> several different backgrounds, they should all stick to specific theme (or
> carry the same message) but should be variable enough so that different
> people will find some.
>
> Let's take boring commercial TVs as an example. The program is created in
> such a way that it tries to attract as many people as possible. But this is
> not possible and as a result you get the most average program for average
> people. But each individual is different and in the end the TV program does
> not fit anybody...
>
> Regards,
> Lukas
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Hristo Petkov <vaeood at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=vaeood@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>> This IS made on Fyre and after that on GIMP.
>>
>> It looks cool but it is not appropriate to be used as background because
>> it's too strong (bright and irritates the eyes when you are looking at it).
>> The desktop theme should be calm and cool (literally), providing comfort
>> when you are looking at it. (See in the Attachment pls. my current choice).
>>
>> It is suitable to be used in the 'cap' (the introduction theme) as a flash
>> animation, for example with DTS music (to test the system at starting).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christo Petkov
>>
>> --- On *Fri, 1/15/10, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro<http://mc/compose?to=nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro>
>> >* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro<http://mc/compose?to=nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro>
>> >
>> Subject: Re: [Design-team] The theme
>> To: "Fedora Design Team" <design-team at lists.fedoraproject.org<http://mc/compose?to=design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org>
>> >
>> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 10:37 AM
>>
>>
>> On 01/14/2010 10:34 PM, Hristo Petkov wrote:
>> > Hi,
>>
>> Hi Hristo,
>>
>> > In my view it should be something digital to show the power of the
>> > computer (and of the operation system).
>>
>> Have you played with the little app called Fyre? It can produce images
>> similar with that.
>>
>> --
>> nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/
>> _______________________________________________
>> design-team mailing list
>> design-team at lists.fedoraproject.org<http://mc/compose?to=design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org>
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> design-team mailing list
>> design-team at lists.fedoraproject.org<http://mc/compose?to=design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org>
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>>
>
>
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> design-team mailing list
> design-team at lists.fedoraproject.org<http://mc/compose?to=design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> design-team mailing list
> design-team at lists.fedoraproject.org
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/attachments/20100116/41cb0042/attachment-0001.html