Thinking ahead: some FC7 ideas

[seawolf]

On 17/10/06, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro> wrote:
> Máirín Duffy wrote:
> > Luya Tshimbalanga wrote:
> >
> > * Echo development icons is set to be the default.
> >
> > This I think is pending a lot of different factors so I don't know that
> > we can assure this for FC7.
>
> With the main factor being our contributions, I think we should soon
> restart working on Echo, calling for contributors, spreading the word
> about it and, why not, generating some hype.
>
> > * 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.
>
> Indeed, blue is enough.
>
> > 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.)
>
> I think we should do a completely new look for FC7 and have the FC6, FC5
> themes included as options. How this look would be? We can start right
> now getting ideas and mockups.
>
> > * 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.)
>
> As said above, we should realize we can't please everybody with a
> certain theme and include a few older themes as options.
> Definitely those legacy themes should not have release numbers.
>
> > * 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.
>
> I would stay close to the default GNOME theme but add some small tweaks,
> like _slightly_ change the colors (the blue shade of the windows title)
> to have at the same time something close to upstream (easy to maintain)
> and a personalized look.
>
> > * 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?
>
> AFAIK, FC7 has the target to "unleash KDE"
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UnleashKDE) so maybe we need some input
> from those people. Sorry, I don't know anything else about KDE.
>
> > * 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.
>
> If we change the icon theme and GTK theme in the distro, of course
> Anaconda will have to use those. Beside this and using the yet to be
> defined graphic identity of FC7 in Anaconda banners, I don't see
> anything else we should do.
>
> --
> nicu
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