On Mon, 2005-14-02 at 13:31 +1300, Callum McKenzie wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10:40 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Hey, > > > > Here's a list of screenshots that wonderfully demonstrates why GNOME does > > not come off as an exciting, fun, cool desktop for end-users to love. They > > are not show-off screenshots, just normal, everyday things: > > > > http://www.fireflybsd.com/screenshots/ > > > It strikes me that the single biggest difference between the screen > shots is the theme (widget, icon, background and window manager). KDE is > shinier and more eye-catching. It also has more buttons and so looks > more detailed and interesting (in a screenshot), but I think this is a > very secondary concern.
What strikes me is (except the evolution v. kmail screen) how much simpler and uncluttered GNOME is compared to KDE (read usable)! Keramic (?) looks like Fisher-Price silliness, but Plastik is the best theme on Linux IMO. > > Should we start the default theme flame-fest again? I don't think so. > How about we run a grand default-theme competition and let our community > get involved with the design. (I envisage this being judged rather than > voted on so we get something that is both usable and pretty, because > votes only go to pretty.) Actually I recommended from the beginning on having someone(s) judge the best for a new theme, but I recall being told that wasn't 'consensus'. :) While the default theme *is* butt-ugly, I also recall there being some concerns that its was more accessible or had less usability bugs or something, and replacing it meant trying to fix a whole new slough of bugs (can anyone correct me on this?). I also found this http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004- August/msg00238.html which could/would/should be rendered obsolete by using GtkUIManager, no? Perhaps we can rename default to GNOME-Usable or GNOME-guaranteed-to- work-technically, and leave it as the default. The rename $SPIFFY_NEW_THEME to GNOME-Purdy, and thus have two default themes for a short $while. During that $while we close all bugs on GNOME-Purdy, then migrate over to it as default. Perhaps $while = 6 months to a year? > > - Callum > Cheers, Ryan _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
