ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Mark <j.m.holmes@xxxxxx>]

With huge respect, carriers are a poor reason to change the Ubuntu brand 
(or to do anything for that matter imo), and it can only be detrimental 
to the product. That said , Linux is all about customisation, so, 
shouldn't the user be able to define...


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On 27/04/16 08:16, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 27/04/16 13:34, Peter Bittner wrote:
> > That's seriously funny. It almost makes me laugh when I look at it
> > again. The colors are sooo off-topic, it's almost scary. I believe you
> > can make semantic coloring also when you mix the major carrier brand
> > colors together: Vodafone red for active, T-Mobile pink for status
> > updates, O2 blue for normal text, Hutchinson orange for warnings,
> > Cosmote green for success messages.
> Not saying they want it branded their own way, it could just be that 
> the carriers want to have a less strongly branded product. There are 
> quite a few decisions or odd priorities that make a heap more sense 
> when you remember that the phone is being built to the requirements of 
> the carriers and handset manufacturers, remember the "carrier action 
> group" thing?
>
> Anyhow, the colour change has happened, doesn't seem like they want to 
> talk about it but it does appear that it wasn't an accident and it is 
> sticking and it probably should apply to everything on screen 
> including the circle of friends logo - but the pantone and non-screen 
> colours remain the same. There was always a colour calibration issue, 
> so I don't think this made things much worse on that front.
>
> Alan.