>> 1 - Sonar theme in there and possibly as default - as great as -shell >> looks normally I like the idea of openSUSE being different from the >> pack. > > I don't hold much weight here but here is my 2 cents: > > I don't like Sonar myself, but I can tell others do. There is a > sizeable amount of people who like Sonar and who don't like Sonar. > Because the default theme is one of the distinguishing features of a > distro and I believe not enough thought is put into it (I could be > wrong) we should have an official vote on whether we keep Sonar as the > default theme or change it. > > I'd like to propose two things > 1. A 5 question (read "very short") questionnaire thats asks users > what they want in a default theme > 2. A poll that gives the user approximately 3 to 5 themes to choose from. > > My Plan: > - Ask users (including developers and all stakeholders in openSUSE > Gnome) what they would like in a theme. For example: > 1. Do we need a theme change? > 2. If so, should the theme be the same as upstreams? > 3. If not, should it be similar or should it be completely different? > 4. Should the new theme be a light theme or dark theme? > 5. <insert useful question here> > > - Leave the short questionnaire open for a significant amount of time > (2-3 weeks), so that _everyone_ has the ability to vote (even if they > are on vacation) > - Find some themes based on what our users want! For example if the > majority of users answer like this: > 1. No new theme. > 2. N/A > 3. N/A > 4. N/A > > Our work is done - we keep Sonar as default :) > > OR > > -> Yes, a new theme please. > -> Not the same as upstreams. > -> Completely different theme. > -> Dark theme > > Now we take the results and find the 5 best, completely new, and > dark (green) themes that I can find based on those results and create > a poll asking which should be the default. > > I believe that this is fair, open, and brings attention to our distro. > If we ask, we will receive. > > Note: this is a perfect time to look at the theme. We can't change it > anytime we want because we need to be consistent. Therefore, a serious > vote by the community is highly needed (which is why I stress the > questionnaire should be short, so users enjoy voting). > > </end rant>
Oh, and I can handle most (if not all) of the work in setting all this up, if we choose to take this route :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
