Round 3

[Nicu Buculei]

We are a couple of days after 6 August, the end date for Round 2 for 
themes. As the feature freeze date and deadline for Round 3 is 
approaching fast (20 August) and a lot of work will be needed, I'll do 
my usual thing: step on our team leader toes (hoping she will not mind 
much) and start the talk about Round 3.

We had a simple criteria "any ideas that don't have fully fleshed-out 
and polished artwork, at least 1 wallpaper and let's say 3 supporting 
graphics, will be out of the running at this point" and from 6 themes we 
had in Round 1 only two meet it: Infinity and Abstract.

To move the discussion even further, I will make a very quick review of 
those themes:
- Infinity is taking an opposite approach compared with the elaborated 
and complex F7 theme, going towards simplicity and cleanliness. Some 
will like that, other may want something shinier. Probably it could be 
made more shiny (see the variant with stars);
- Abstract uses the "bubble" logo as the central point of the 
composition, this is something the general opinion leaned against. It 
also uses very saturated, bright and contrasting colors, something not 
very good for a wallpaper;
- Moon was very close to meet Round 2 criteria, lacking only one more 
supporting graphic. I really like the wallpaper proposed in Round 2 
(tree - fence - moon) but find it too close to the F7 imagery.
- Floating Cubes, only with 2 wallpapers got in Round 2 what I think is 
a bad direction: a big release number as the central element (we agreed 
in the past release numbers should not be part of the graphics), high 
use of the "bubble" logo, wordmark in a wrong font and very bright and 
contrasting colors;
- Thunder remained unmodified during Round 2 and it does not have enough 
supporting graphics;
- FengShui remained unmodified during Round 2 and contain only 2 
wallpapers, one of which is a blue version of the Ubuntu wallpaper.

Now shoot me. Flame me. Anything, but let's get some work done for Round 3.

One thing I am disappointed so far and expected more is the 
collaboration between contributors, with one playing and mixing the work 
produced by the others, something we did better in the early stages of 
F7 release.

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