+1…I still use Darcula on OS X, but the flatlaf dark is also nice. Josh Juneau juneau...@gmail.com http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com https://www.apress.com/us/search?query=Juneau
> On Nov 2, 2021, at 5:23 PM, Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > the dialog would have to restart NB after the theme selection. I think it > would look better if the main window wasn't opened yet. > > > -michael > >> On 02.11.21 17:39, Ernie Rael wrote: >> How about the Start Page, aka Welcome Screen, for basic/initial/beginner >> configuration and pointers; and it's always available via "Menu > Help > >> StartPage". >> >> -ernie >> >>> On 11/1/2021 5:53 PM, Eric Bresie wrote: >>> Would it be worth allowing selection of LAF at install time? Maybe a >>> wizard with other customization (plugins, language, fonts, formatting, >>> etc.)? This may take a page from Intellij but maybe.., >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 6:02 PM Mark Eggers <its_toas...@yahoo.com.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I just played around with FlatLaf Light on Ubuntu 20.04 and NetBeans 12.5 >>>> >>>> The fonts look much clearer than they have been. >>>> >>>> It's "bright", but then I suppose that's what the light version is >>>> supposed to be. I'll see how tired my eyes get after a day or so of using. >>>> >>>> I can always revert. >>>> >>>> It looks reasonable, and I didn't see any color issues that were too bad >>>> (maybe a little light on XML comments). >>>> >>>> The colors in FlatLaf dark still end up being too "muddied" for day to >>>> day use in the editor. That's the curse of being red/green color deficient. >>>> >>>> +0 for me. >>>> >>>> . . . just my two cents >>>> /mde/ >>>> >>>> On 11/1/2021 11:04 AM, Mark Eggers wrote: >>>>> -0 on this. >>>>> >>>>> I am red/green color deficient. I've tried using FlatLaf several times, >>>>> and I just could not get the color selection to work where everything >>>>> was different and yet easy for me to read. >>>>> >>>>> I'll try again on 12.5, but for now I've stuck with the Windows LAF for >>>>> my Windows systems and Nimbus (don't laugh) for my GtK systems due to >>>>> some font scaling issues. >>>>> >>>>> I'll try FlatLaf with 12.5 on Ubuntu 20.04 to see how it goes, but >>>>> Nimbus seems to work fine for me at the moment. >>>>> >>>>> Changing the default is not an issue with me since I currently do it >>>>> anyway. About the only issue with changing away from FlatLaf is that I >>>>> have to change the editor LAF separately from the IDE LAF (last time I >>>>> tried). >>>>> >>>>> I'm mostly a systems admin / architect these days so my NetBeans usage >>>>> centers around proof of concepts and tracking down memory leaks in Java >>>>> web applications. >>>>> >>>>> In short, I'm more of a casual user at this point. >>>>> >>>>> . . . . just my two cents >>>>> /mde/ >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for a great platform, and hopefully one day soon I'll actually be >>>>> able to contribute. >>>>> >>>>> On 11/1/2021 7:56 AM, Laszlo Kishalmi wrote: >>>>>> +1 on this one. Maybe if we could even the installer should be on >>>>>> FlatLaf (right now on GTK with dark schema, the license agreement text >>>>>> is white over white, need to select it to be able to read that.) >>>>>> >>>>>> I use FlatLaf Light for the release versions and FlatLaf Dark on the >>>>>> dev builds. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/1/21 07:01, Neil C Smith wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, now we've branched off 12.6, and we know that the next release >>>>>>> will be NetBeans 13, require JDK 11+, and hopefully ship with nb-javac >>>>>>> included .. is it time we changed (improved?! :-) ) how NetBeans looks >>>>>>> out of the box too? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Should we consider FlatLaf (light or dark) as the default look and >>>>>>> feel from NetBeans 13? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is partly prompted by working through a few JIRA tickets with >>>>>>> HiDPI issues resolved by switching, a few snarky social media comments >>>>>>> about NetBeans' appearance I've seen recently where the go-to replies >>>>>>> seem to just be to tell people to switch to FlatLaf .. and the fact >>>>>>> I'm constantly switching even when debugging because the GTK theme on >>>>>>> Ubuntu is borderline unusable. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, what do you think? For or against? Maybe also add what you do >>>>>>> use, and light or dark, in a reply - it might make some sense if we >>>>>>> defaulted to what the majority of us use in practise? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Neil >>>> -- >>> Eric Bresie >>> ebre...@gmail.com >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org >> >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > >
