On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Anne Nicolas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le 03/06/2012 13:37, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit : > > 2012/6/3 Max Quarterpleen<bogusman222@**gmail.com <[email protected]> >> >: >> >>> What kind of theme (wallpaper, icons, plymouth, splash screen, window >>>> decorator, colors)? >>>> >>> >>> >>> Yes. >>> But specifically a desktop theme. Window decorater, colors. >>> Icons we're going to work on separately. Probably using >>> application-original >>> icons, but new icons for the drakxtools applications. >>> Wallpaper will probably be a contest again, but we'll have to think about >>> the details a little better this time... >>> Splash screen and Plymouth will just be an extension of the wallpaper, >>> like >>> we did with Mga2. >>> >>> >>>> If it is the window decorator, personally i prefer the every DE original >>>> choices. >>>> >>> >>> >>> I can understand that, but we are aiming for a unified look. Nothing will >>> stop you from changing it, this will just be the default. >>> >>> >>>> I think the distro is good to have its plymouth and splash screen , not >>>> other modifications from upstream. >>>> >>>> Please let users enjoy each Desktop flavors. >>>> >>> >> Yes, this again is something related with individual taste. >> >> Many other distributions try to change looks, even functions of the >> original DE to have a unique desktop. But integrating the big 2 (KDE& >> Gnome) into the distribution's own look and keep it as original as >> possible and then make it look good together - this is also a >> separator from those other distributions. A nice example: >> >> At Berlin Linuxtag exhibition a visitor looked at Mageia 2 KDE (I did >> a standard installation with nothing customized to my own preferences >> yet). He played with it for a while, especially with the KDE >> functions. Then he told us that in his opinion this is the best >> integration of KDE into a new distribution he has seen lately, >> especially the combination of the KDE looks with out corporate colors. >> The guy turned out to be the treasurer of the KDE project. >> >> This is what I meant - establishing a reputation of leaving the >> original as original as possible. >> This should at least taken into account: Do we really want our own theme? >> >> Of course there's nothing against our own theme as additionsl option. >> >> > This is why I put it up for discussion. :) Yes, we did integrate KDE very nicely with our distro and gave it a nice personal touch. But I'm not really sure how much the treasurer would know about look and feel. He could be a software or graphics designer by day and treasurer by night, but he could also be a lawyer by day. In any event, such a compliment from one of the KDE team does say a lot. We'll think about this some more. > Also I'd like to add that creating a brand new theme is *really* a long > and hard task. One of the strong point of Mageia is also having a common > theme for environnement which allows to have both Qt and gtk apps well > integrated. Such choice should be done also together with environments > maintainers > > Yes, this is also why I put it up for discussion. HSo we can hear exactly what it is that we're up against. > -- > http://mageia.org >
