Comments on: New Ubuntu 8.10 Theme Has Even More Brown

By: Shanktified!

Shanktified! — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:10:40 +0000

The screen shots above are indeed too brown (doo-doo brown, as i hear someone say).. however, I they’ve fixed that, and now the OO docs have a white background.. and so! I like the new look. Smells like good coffee to me.
Ron

PS: Try the new brown-ubuntu-flavored-kool-aid! Yummmm!

By: David

David — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:52:54 +0000

From an accessibility standpoint, I really do not like the brown theme… I work at night and I like to work in a low-light environment. I often use the color inversion plugin in Compiz to invert most windows (not all) as it works much better than changing the theme and I can easily switch back with a keystroke (Start + N/M)… With 7.10 and 8.04, the window borders invert nicely and are very easy to look at… With the brown theme, they turn almost white with a dark content area in the center… Really bad…

By: Bubuntu

Bubuntu — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:01:39 +0000

Look at it. It is visually appalling and light years behind other operating systems and even free themes.

They must live an isolated live, these developers and designers. This brownish theme will not be able to compete with anything.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:48:51 +0000

Ugh, that looks pretty nasty in my opinion. I really hope they change their minds…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:34:08 +0000

The Guru wrote:

This is kinda like getting a new house in Arizona, it can be any colour you want…as long as it is some variation of brown.

I couldn't help but laugh when I read that. :D

DiggLife wrote:

Wait a minute.I found that the user name on the screenshoot is a Chinese name.Are you Chinese?

Nope, I linked to where I got the screenshot from.

Tinhed wrote:

But hey you can always go to sites like gnome-look.org and download themes that u like.

That's true, but you gotta create something visually appealing right off the bat so that new users are attracted to the operating system.

By: Tinhed

Tinhed — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:04:49 +0000

Yea Linux mint has got it right with the minty green theme. I ve grown used to the present orange theme of ubuntu and dark themes are nt for everyone. But hey you can always go to sites like gnome-look.org and download themes that u like.

By: Lashiec

Lashiec — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:03:40 +0000

Seriously awful, it looks like the first theme an amateur designer would make. Then again, it’s the first version, but the mockup for 8.04 linked is far better. And you can always change the theme, fortunately

By: Mohan

Mohan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:53 +0000

Not a fan of dark themes, but I still have my hopes up as it is only in Alpha 1.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:30:12 +0000

Please Ubuntu, don’t adopt this theme. Just don’t. Take it from an old friend who is still keeping an eye on you.

By: Googler (Phillip Black)

Googler (Phillip Black) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:38:39 +0000

They should use Steam like themes (see one of the color skins here [storefront.steampowered.com] and here [storefront.steampowered.com])

They look very Ubuntuy (is that even a word?) and I think would fit well with the feel of Ubuntu.