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[Tatu <hammaren@xxxxxxx>]

+1,

It is way much harder to read than orange.

-Tatu

Francisco Pina Martins kirjoitti tiistai, Huhti 12, 2016 kello 00:55:
> I have to add my +1 here too.
> I have tried to like the blue loading bars and the blue sliders but it 
> just feels to contrasting to all the other hot colours.
> I understand the rationale, that a new colour was needed. But maybe 
> something warmer would work too?
> Thank you for considering!
> 
> Francisco
> 
> On 11-04-2016 22:47, Nikos Chatziioakimidis wrote:
> > I also feel the blue doesn't fit with ubuntu. Maybe I am used to 
> > orange after using ubuntu for years.
> >
> > Still it feels like it doesn't blend well with the other colors 
> > especially orange and purple
> >
> >
> > On Δευτέρα, 11 Απριλίου 2016 11:42:16 Μ.Μ. EEST, Peter Bittner 
> > <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> After some days with OTA-10 I must admit I have a hard time accepting
> >> light-blue is the new orange.
> >>
> >> When the security bugfix release was installed today my phone rebooted
> >> and there it was again, the good old Ubuntu splash screen in violet
> >> shades and an orange progress bar, and later orange progress dots.
> >> That was a relief. For a few moments.
> >>
> >> Really, the light blue doesn't fit. It doesn't fit with the brown /
> >> violet theme of Ubuntu in general. It's an awkward color, cold and
> >> without life. Sorry to say, but pretty much the opposite of "Ubuntu,
> >> humanity to others". (Some may not agree, but I feel it's worth
> >> defending a Status Quo that was "working perfect".)
> >>
> >> I really waited for quite some time before expressing an opinion about
> >> the color. I thought I may get used to used to it or "give it a
> >> chance", but I think it's also fair to say the "truth" (as in "true
> >> feelings"). I don't want to hurt anyone, but a feedback should go to
> >> you guys and ladies. Look at the color palette on [1]: The light-blue
> >> is the one the strikes out as totally off-topic, followed (at some
> >> remarkable distance already) by green and even solid-red. It's about
> >> feeling harmony. No, that's not working out. That's not the beauty
> >> that the press was always appraising about Ubuntu Touch (which I felt
> >> almost exaggerated, but obviously it's a value worth conserving). This
> >> color palette must be revised.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the rough speech. Please go over it again, discuss it. Please!
> >>
> >> Thank you for your understanding,
> >> Peter
> >>
> >>
> >> 2016-04-07 12:25 GMT+02:00 Rae Shambrook <rae.shambrook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> This is Rae from the design team. I understand the new palette may 
> >>> take some
> >>> getting used to. But what we've tried to do is create a colour 
> >>> palette that
> >>> works in a smarter way and is more robust. If you haven't seen it 
> >>> already,
> >>> here is a breakdown of how the new palette works:
> >>> https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/apps/qml/tutorials/ubuntu-ui-toolkit-palette/ 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> As for your concerns about components being blue rather than orange, 
> >>> the
> >>> reason why we have removed a lot of orange from the UI is that we 
> >>> now want
> >>> it to be a focus state and blue is meant to be the selected/active 
> >>> state.
> >>> Before we had orange doing both these functions and each colour 
> >>> should have
> >>> it's own meaning. And we feel the blue works better for the 
> >>> selected/active
> >>> state as it feels more intuitive as a colour representing activity, 
> >>> while
> >>> orange could sometimes be confusing as what it's supposed to 
> >>> represent. So
> >>> basically, we've tried to make all our colours semantic. While 
> >>> orange is
> >>> still our brand colour, we want to use it in a more concise way, 
> >>> while other
> >>> colours take on more meaning in the UI, and hopefully, this will 
> >>> make it a
> >>> lot more intuitive for the user.
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:22 AM, war <war@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> today I received OTA 10.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I have just one complaint (well, suggestion):
> >>>>
> >>>> The color of the progress bar and of certain elements (namely the
> >>>> selection of telephone SIMs for outgoing calls).
> >>>>
> >>>> I know this seems ridiculous to complain about. But for me, color is a
> >>>> significant indicator and as I have gotten used to the orange the blue
> >>>> is harder to read/recognize and it is a break in visual information
> >>>> transfer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe you want to reconsider changing the color scheme.
> >>>>
> >>>> Other than that, I am pretty impressed (My Android phone broke on
> >>>> Upgrade to V6).
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there an official way to give feedback (there used to be a feeback
> >>>> app which I cannot find anymore)?
> >>>>
> >>>> Wolf Rogner
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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