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Stories · 6

  1. Tango Project to Make Open Source Beautiful?

    Tech · Software · · posted by ScuttleMonkey · from the whole-lot-more-than-two-to-tango dept. · 284 comments
    DW writes "Steven Garrity has announced the Tango Project, fronted by himself and Jakub Steiner of Novell. The Tango Project is a collaborative effort of a variety of free/open-source software designers and artists to work towards unifying the visual style of the free (mostly Linux) desktop."

  2. Firefox Extension Lets You Pick the Name

    Tech · Mozilla · · posted by michael · from the been-through-the-desert-on-a-browser-with-no-name dept. · 479 comments
    Rovaedne writes "Mozilla Firefox , the web browser formerly known as Firebird, formerly known as Phoenix, has a new extension which allows you to change the name to something palatable. The extension called Firesomething lets users change the name seen in the browser titlebar, Help menu, and About dialog, thus erradicating all traces of "Firefox" in Firefox (currently version 0.8). There is a name change FAQ, but it currently does not mention this extension. This extension should hopefully help curb some of the criticism that Mozilla has received from its most recent choice of name."

  3. Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks

    Tech · Gui · · posted by timothy · from the thinking-of-users dept. · 502 comments
    asdren writes " Steven Garrity has written a short article highlighting some 'user interface niceties' found in Gnome with regards to file renaming, screen captures, fonts and file zooming." Garrity points out that "... tiny details can have a significant impact on the user experience on operating systems. Inconsistencies that seem insignificant when considering individually, but together they degrade the overall polish and sense of stability in the system," and points out a few places where Gnome manages to avoid such inconsistency.

  4. Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks

    Tech · Gui · · posted by timothy · from the thinking-of-users dept. · 502 comments
    asdren writes " Steven Garrity has written a short article highlighting some 'user interface niceties' found in Gnome with regards to file renaming, screen captures, fonts and file zooming." Garrity points out that "... tiny details can have a significant impact on the user experience on operating systems. Inconsistencies that seem insignificant when considering individually, but together they degrade the overall polish and sense of stability in the system," and points out a few places where Gnome manages to avoid such inconsistency.

  5. Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0

    Tech · Mozilla · · posted by michael · from the brand-new dept. · 701 comments
    sgarrity writes "I've written some recommendations for the branding and visual identity of the Mozilla Foundation's project and product line. I argue that the Mozilla Project should adopt a simple, strong, consistent visual identity for the Mozilla products including consistent icons across applications that mesh with the host operating system. Read Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0 and let us know what you think."

  6. Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0

    Tech · Mozilla · · posted by michael · from the brand-new dept. · 701 comments
    sgarrity writes "I've written some recommendations for the branding and visual identity of the Mozilla Foundation's project and product line. I argue that the Mozilla Project should adopt a simple, strong, consistent visual identity for the Mozilla products including consistent icons across applications that mesh with the host operating system. Read Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0 and let us know what you think."