Fedora 10 theme ideas

[Máirín Duffy]

Mark wrote:
> Also for F10 i would like to propose some really polished things (ala
> mac os). For example: When you hover on something that is done by the
> theme (lets sat the minimize, close and maximize buttons) it's
> instantly changing to the next image. lets it "flow (fadeout old and
> simultaneous fadein the new one)" over to the other image so that you
> get a nice animation in it. Also the taskbar buttons should get the
> same attention. actually everything should.

One of the ideas some Red Hatters had on our bus ride into work this 
morning was to code name F10 "neon" (neon being the 10th element in the 
periodic table of elements.) The link between werewolf and sulphur is 
that sulphur helps ward away werewolves. The link between sulphur and 
neon would be that they are both elements.

It would then be cool to have a wallpaper with a neon Fedora logo sign 
on it, when it gets dark the neon sign lights up, when it's daylight the 
neon sign turns off.

The general artwork such as the banners and splashes could be a glossy 
dark grey with very bright thin accents, think accent colors like bright 
Fedora blue, magenta, yellow, and green. We could probably do some 
awesome designs using light painting, eg here are some examples of light 
painting that I did a while back:

http://flickr.com/photos/mairin/2116954288/
http://flickr.com/photos/mairin/2116954038/
http://flickr.com/photos/mairin/2116172957/
http://flickr.com/photos/mairin/2116953396/

Some other inspirations:

http://k1rby65.deviantart.com/art/Neon-75394699
http://feanne.deviantart.com/art/dream-neon-liquid-N-31800430
http://foureyes.deviantart.com/art/the-biker-and-the-neon-15248779

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Another codename that was suggested for f9 but got 2nd place might be 
good for F10 - bathysphere. Do you know what a bathysphere is? I didnt 
but I learned this morning:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathysphere_%28vessel%29

We could come up with some very interesting visual ideas to accompany 
bathysphere, such as underwater aquatic scenes or we could go for a 
really really cool steampunk [1] look (eg 
http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm, 
http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/diy_steampunk/ (check out the bottom of 
the page!!!), here's some more I think look cool:

http://psion005.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-54796049
http://lebbeus.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-concept-52799495
http://preilly.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-64546343
http://zahntelmo.deviantart.com/art/steampunk-65125962
http://meluseena.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-city-73091687

~m

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk