Comments on: Light: the new look of Ubuntu

By: Jade

Jade — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:52:38 +0000

What about these left-sided glyphs in the new theme of Ubuntu 10.04 ?
Is there a reason to copy Apple’s approach ?
I like Ubuntu, but it seems I will have to hack away at the theme to get the old look & feel back into it.
The theme itself looks great, but left-sided glyphs are a mistake, pure & simple.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:28:54 +0000

Mark, the king is naked, window buttons on the left are very uncomfortable.

> You shifted the minimize, maximize, shut down buttons to the upper left corner. Some users are freaking out, but it’s a non-issue.
> You get used to it in a matter of days.

You have just a few hours to satisfy a new user. He will not use ubuntu after that, if he hasn’t liked it. And he will not find how to change such ugly defaults within that time.

By: New Kubuntu branding « Jonathan's Blog

New Kubuntu branding « Jonathan's Blog — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:51:52 +0000

[...] “k” in there is a placeholder, as the new Ubuntu font that Mark Shuttleworth recently blogged about is still in its infancy. But before you jump to conclusions and declare the lack of a [...]

By: David

David — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:28:40 +0000

Expected nothing less of Dalton Maag. Great stuff.

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:42:37 +0000

Absolutely gorgeous work. Very professional, polished and good looking desktop. I have been using Lucid since alpha 2, and it is really an excellent computing experience. Sure, there are new changes to get used to, but I disagree with most critical posts: I like the button layout, it is consistent and intuitive; the colours are inviting and fresh. I am really excited to know what you are preparing for us for Lucid +1.

Brave, daring and creative. Please, do not stop.

John

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:09:47 +0000

Love the new look, but didn’t mind customizing the old one. However I have been using Linux since 2004 and my home has been windows free since 2006 and Lucid beta 1 is the first OS I have had friends compliment and when I tell them that the look is out of the box they can’t believe and are ready to try it on their own. Great job to Mark and the whole staff as well as the community, this is a major step forward for us all. C’MON APRIL 29!!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:14:29 +0000

Was the new theme usability tested? It seems that some basic testing would have picked up the issue with the buttons being too close to the Edit menu.

I dislike almost everything about the changes – however I could be convinced if there was some usability data justifying what’s been changed, particularly the window buttons.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:32:59 +0000

Here’s one simple request… can the font look good when *not* smoothed, like the MS family fonts (ie: Arial, Tahoma, etc…)?

A quick search of the intrawebs reveals that many users don’t like smoothed fonts, some even complaining of headaches or the like. Unfortunately, none of the current *nix fonts look good if they’re aliased. It would make me really happy if the new fonts looked great in their unadulterated form, too.

By: http://www.markshuttleworth.co… – Tanner Helland (dot) Com

http://www.markshuttleworth.co… – Tanner Helland (dot) Com — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:01:27 +0000

[...] http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/308 – now THIS is how logo and branding is meant to be done. [...]

By: Forrest

Forrest — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:52:26 +0000

(Examines new logo)

Huge swooping curves everywhere but for a thin crimped “t”? Did someone declare “t” deprecated?

Maybe you should italicize it so it doesn’t look so squished.