But people like to change themes periodically and also, to choose from
themes they have already installed and new themes, you (currently) cannot
incorporate both of them in the theme gallery.
I saw that happening with regular, non techy users - all of the time (not in
Chrome, obviously, since they did not have an option up until now, but with
tons of other programs).
They choose one, they choose another, they select from their collection
again and also look for new ones.
So these should either be combined (existing and total in one page), or an
option to select a theme should be present, in my opinion.
☆PhistucK
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:19, Aaron Boodman <a...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Peter Kasting<pkast...@google.com> wrote:
> > FWIW, I'd prefer if all the ports have this.
> > There are three reasons for this, one of them silly:
> > (1) Shows themes you've gotten from sources other than the gallery (I
> don't
> > know if this is possible at this moment, but it will be someday, right?)
>
> No, why is it useful to see themes you've previously installed? I
> mean, why is it anymore than seeing any other webpage you've
> previously visited. We already have mechanisms to find things you
> visited previously. Why does themes need it's own?
>
> > (2) Limited to the set of themes you've actually shown interest in by
> using.
> > Think about if the gallery had several thousand themes (the way Firefox
> has
> > several thousand Personas).
>
> I don't even buy that this would work. You can't tell which themes you
> like by looking at the picture. I suspect it is more typical to
> actually try it on for size before deciding it is hideous/awesome.
>
> > (3) Usable while offline/unable to access gallery (silly reason).
>
> You're right, silly.
>
> > The first two are sufficient reasons to me that I've been surprised to
> not
> > see this kind of a switch in the WIndows UI.
>
> Funny, you recently argued in a different thread (about a different
> feature request) that the cost for following a link is basically nil,
> so there shouldn't be any separate UI other than that ;-).
>
> Agree right now that installing a theme is slightly higher cost than
> following a link. But it shouldn't be.
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:02 PM, PhistucK<phist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Seeing as there is currently no UI for it other than actually installing
> a
> > theme again, I would say the theme selection dropdown is kind of a needed
> > element.
>
> We should change the word "install" to "pick". Why should there be a
> different UI for re-picking a theme than there is for the initial
> pick?
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Caleb Eggensperger<caleb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > It would be nice for the UI for "installing" a theme to be the same as
> > for choosing it again. Maybe the themes directory could have an
> > "already installed" section, although I think the fact that I've
> > installed a theme and moved on to another means I'm less interested in
> > using it again.
> >
> > A dropdown would become kinda unmanageable with a large number of
> > themes, unless there's a way to remove them, and not nearly as usable
> > as the themes directory is now. What if I can't remember what "legal
> > pad" looks like?
>
> Good points!
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM, PhistucK<phist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I meant it would be nice as a temporary solution, until a chrome://themes
> > page or something comes up.
> > And per your wondering - when you mouse over\select a theme with the
> > keyboard arrows (but no mouse click, nor Enter key press is made), a
> preview
> > can be shown, or the whole theme can change.
> > That would have to make the theme transitioning faster and more fluid, of
> > course, but that is the intention anyway, so this could be step one.
> > If you do not select a theme at last (clicking otherwise), the theme will
> > revert to the one it has been.
>
> I think we should just make the install process more fluid, less "costly".
>
> - a
>
> >
>
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