As a theme developer, would also like "close button customization" to
be available. I understand the developers concerns of usability, but I
think that there is a mutual solution that could be reached.

First, I would like to note that OSX itself has different close
buttons for different types of windows - HUD, Standard, QuickLook.
Given that Growl is so customizable, and that the current close button
is quite outdated, I feel that there is good merit to the fact that
people would desire to customize the style of the close button. Of
particular concern are cases in which the close button is offset
drastically because a theme uses borders or animations which require a
larger frame.

I have familiarity with the theme that "changes" the close button to
red. Actually, the theme simply uses some clever CSS to overlay the
current close button. This isn't a practical solution - a much cleaner
solution would be if you were to allow developers to customize the
close button themselves, and allow users to "opt-in" to a customized
close button of chose the default. (I hope that made sense)

I envision an option in the preferences that would "Enable customized
close buttons" - perhaps even on a theme by theme basis. And then let
developers hook in this functionality by using a %close% class or
something similar.

I understand the concerns about usability, but I feel like users would
be presented with a much better experience if this was themeable.

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