On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 21:56, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > This is the first post I done to the list. I want to talk about > costumizability. I love Open Source, however I see a > discrepancy on certain software like Evolution, OpenOffice and > Mozilla. One of the things OS shines is the costumizability of > the OS. However I find this applications lacking on > costumizability. The ability to provide skins are not very > flexible. So it becomes less and less costumizable. >
All this adds an extra layer of complexity and skinning is a very touchy subject. Some people hate it :). I see their point. Rather than individual skinning of programs I'd like to be able to select a theme that applies to applications. Nothing quite like having a dark desktop lit up by a Qt app, or gtk app etc. > Things I would like to do in evolution: > > A)Create custom icons on the calendar when you set custom > categories or user-made categories. > Sounds like a good idea to me. just don't use it in such a way that it complicates things. > B)Be able to skin Evolution or apply, create themes. > > Perhaps Gnome, KDE can work on some interoperability so that if I can change a theme in KDe and launch a Gnome, gtk etc app it doesn't blind me :). Not really seen skinning or theming done too well...Got to agree Open Office is pretty ugly looking, hopefully some Mac people who will be using Linux more along with OS X will throw there talents in... Skinning vs non-skinning could be like KDE vs Gnome wars of the recent past... What is it you like about skinning? Themes are different imho, having a desktop that balances as I used to like switching between different window environments depending upon my mood. > > Sincerely, > Alexandro Colorado Would love to see screenshots of Evolution 2 when they become available, will get the appetite going. Matt _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
