Re: Beautifying Debian Etch
On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:03:29 -0400 Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 11:47 -0400, cga2000 wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 04:53:16AM EDT, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> > > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:14:35 -0400 (EDT) eklektik wrote:
> > > > For me the problem is that etch default look and feel is
> > > > totally out of date. Even those who doesn't have artistic
> > > > training can sense that the artworks are amateurish. When I
> > > > showed the artworks to my graphic designer friends they were
> > > > horrified.
> > > >
> > > > But here is a question; why did you choose Rodent as a
> > > > default when there are so many awesome icons are available on
> > > > the gnome look site?
> > >
> > > It is not my intention to say something unfriendly, but I must
> > > say that I still strongly prefer the original design.
> > >
> > > Displaying a home directory with a picture of a house,
> > > depicting the 'settings' with a spanner? Children will like it,
> > > but as an adult I feel insulted.
> >
> > I agree 100%.
> >
> > And it's not just that I feel insulted .. The confusion between
> > complex abstractions such as home or settings .. and cartoon-style
> > renderings of fragments of reality .. houses .. spanners .. doesn't
> > strike me as a very effective way to encourage creativity and
> > nurture intelligence in children and adults alike.
>
> Sheesh, the nerve of you all.
>
> Nothing like quashing someone who wants to help show people how to do
> something.
>
> At least you could give kudos for showing the light as to how easy it
> really is.
>
> And people bitch about my off-topic threads that aren't even close to
> this kind of rudeness.
It strikes me that you see it as rudeness. Having a different opinion
is not the same as being rude, is it. And I felt that the makers of the
original design were being 'quashed', as you call it, just as well.
Kudos for both, as far as I'm concerned.
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