The problem with dark themes is that they require icons prepared for dark backgrounds. And not only in terms of alpha channels, but also in terms of contrast.
I like the dark theming of Adobe products, or the "gray" theming of video editing software. But I once read that it was made dark to give prominence to the subject of the editor, in this case pictures and videos. Sublime Text and even Vim can afford this, because they're code pane centric editors. In our case, what should have the prominence? The code pane? the selectors in the browser? Anyhow, I like the fact Pharo looks better and better. I'd only want that no operation other than painting/event dispatching take place in the main (UI?) thread. :) Regards, Esteban A. Maringolo 2013/11/20 Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com>: > btw... my goal is to achieve this: > > http://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2013/06/11/inside-darcula-look-and-feel-an-interview-with-konstantin-bulenkov/ > > (as Phil suggested some time ago, in a thread which was the reason I started > to try a dark theme). > > Also... my intention is to contribute to clean a bit morphic by removing > silly hardcode stuff and creating a separation betweek "skin" and "morph"... > and more important, to easy the creation of new skins. > > but I still do not find a design that satisfy me... we'll see. > > Esteban > > On Nov 20, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ok... I will package it and made it available in the course of the day then. >> more hands means faster results :) >> >> Esteban >> >> On Nov 20, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 20 Nov 2013, at 14:42, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> :) >>>> >>>> <Screen Shot 2013-11-20 at 2.40.12 PM.png> >>>> >>>> I'm slowly working in a darktheme... problem is the INCREDIBLE amount of >>>> hardcode colors and silly code. >>>> So it will take some time until is ready (also because I work on it when >>>> I'm bored and not wanting to do what I should do... like today :P) >>> >>> Hey, Esteban, that looks already quite impressive. >>> I am sure there are some people really anxious to try this and help. >>> Is this theme already available somewhere ? >>> >>>> Esteban >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 20, 2013, at 2:34 PM, kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> yes I can confirm that this work also on windoom 7. Indeed Sven your >>>>> Pharo looks a bit more sexy than mine. >>>>> >>>>> the code you posted works also like a charm for me , thank you. Now If I >>>>> could get also a dark theme working with pharo that would be awesome. All >>>>> this white hurts my eyes. But I guess I will have to compromise for the >>>>> time being :) >>>>> >>>>> thank you >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 20 Nov 2013, at 13:46, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sven. >>>>>> >>>>>> What version are YOU using? Fonts and windows look so clean an sharp! :) >>>>> >>>>> ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Yes they are. >>>>> >>>>> Like I said, Pharo version #30582 >>>>> >>>>> defaultFont Source Sans Pro Normal points: 12 height: 21 >>>>> listFont Source Sans Pro Normal points: 12 height: 21 >>>>> menuFont Source Sans Pro Normal points: 12 height: 21 >>>>> windowTitleFont Source Sans Pro Bold points: 12 height: 21 >>>>> balloonFont Source Sans Pro Normal points: 9 height: 16 >>>>> codeFont Source Code Pro Normal points: 11 height: 19 >>>>> buttonFont Source Sans Pro Normal points: 12 height: 21 >>>>> haloFont Source Sans Pro Normal points: 9 height: 16 >>>>> >>>>> Installed with a script from our local look and feel guru, Doru: >>>>> >>>>> #('SourceCodeProRegular' 'SourceCodeProBold' 'SourceSansProRegular' >>>>> 'SourceSansProBold’) >>>>> do: [ :each | >>>>> Smalltalk globals >>>>> at: each asSymbol >>>>> ifAbsent: [ >>>>> Gofer new >>>>> smalltalkhubUser: 'girba' project: 'FreeFonts'; >>>>> package: each; >>>>> load ]. >>>>> (Smalltalk at: each asSymbol) new install ]. >>>>> FreeTypeSystemSettings loadFt2Library: true. >>>>> FreeTypeFontProvider current updateFromSystem. >>>>> >>>>> StandardFonts >>>>> setAllStandardFontsTo: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro' >>>>> pointSize: 12); >>>>> haloFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro' pointSize: 9); >>>>> windowTitleFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro Bold' >>>>> pointSize: 12); >>>>> balloonFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro' pointSize: 9); >>>>> codeFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Code Pro' pointSize: 11). >>>>> >>>>> And then I finally make the window font bold, manually. >>>>> >>>>> The screenshot was done on Mac OS X 10.9 >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> >>>>> Sven >>>>> >>>>>> Esteban A. Maringolo >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2013/11/20 Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> >>>>>> What version are you using ? >>>>>> >>>>>> In #30582 it does work: >>>>>> <Screen Shot 2013-11-20 at 13.34.46.png> >>>>>> >>>>>> You can always try typing a space after Object… >>>>>> >>>>>> Sven >>>>>> >>>>>> On 20 Nov 2013, at 13:23, Yuriy Tymchuk <yuriy.tymc...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> HI, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> do you know why search behaves like this? I was expecting Object to >>>>>>> show up >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <Screenshot 2013-11-20 13.20.40.png> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> Uko >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
