Ubuntu Forums and April Fool’s Day, part 2
April 1st, 2008
This is a pictorial synopsis of some of the highlights from the 2008 edition of the Ubuntu Forums’ April Fool’s Day celebration. We will see some of the obnoxious color schemes first. I apologize that my AWN launcher bar is visible in many of the shots…I didn’t notice that when I took them. Also, I had to resize them to make them a reasonable size for a blog post. I may upload the originals to the UF gallery later.
Next, you will see many (hopefully all) of the user titles and avatars of staff members who switched with other staff for the day. If I missed anyone, please forgive the unintentional oversight. Then, you will see an Easter egg that not everyone caught.
We will end with one user’s comment on the amusing and garish colors. There was a lot more going on, but this post is already going to include a lot of graphics, even after resizing. Enjoy!
Entry Filed under: Linux / Ubuntu
5 Comments Add your own
1. LaRoza | April 1st, 2008 at 4:42 pm
It was fun, but I don’t know who is who anymore.
2. maniac_X | April 1st, 2008 at 8:20 pm
ummm…do you have to do something special to see the whacky color schemes??…cause I’m seeing same old forum colors as always
3. matthew | April 2nd, 2008 at 5:04 am
maniac_X, sorry, I think you must have missed it. We ran the big color gag for about 6 hours, the name swaps for almost 18 hours, and there were some other things happening as well (some remain…).
4. Brett | April 4th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Accessibility issues are no joke. Thanks for taking my ability to read the forums away on that day…
5. matthew | April 4th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Brett, I’m not sure if that was a joke or serious. If it was a joke, I’m amused. If it was serious, then it is unfortunate that you missed the fact that the standard theme was still available from the style drop box on the bottom left corner of front page of the forums.
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed