On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Tim Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Shaffer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Since adding back the old default as a 'classic' theme choice is fairly > > straightforward, only taking about an hour to do, I suggest the > following: > > It isn't done for a couple of weeks. > > > > Here's my reasoning. If we are all looking at only the new default theme > and > > helping develop that into a complete and cohesive look for 2.0, then > those > > who are working on it will benefit greatly by the entire dev community's > > focus. > > > > I also think Robert's and other's reworking of the default icon set to > > address color and useability concerns needs the full focus and support of > > the community for it to have a good chance at success. If right before > GUI > > freeze (~ 2 weeks), the new theme is assessed and there is still a > > consensus, or maybe a vote, that there should be a second > project-supported > > choice, then the 'classic' theme can readily be put back in. > > > > Please let me know what you think of that approach. > > My 2c. I was also hesitant about switching to the new GIS theme - I > have ~ten years of using the old theme so it was hard to make the > switch. However the last few months I have been using exclusively the > GIS theme and I must say you will get used to it and start to > appreciate it for its visual consistency. I think there are a lot of > benefits to having only one theme - some of which Larry had described > above. Also we will have less 'stuff' in our source tree, QGIS will be > readily identifyable in screenshots, screencasts and publications etc > - it will go a long way to creating a unified image and brand for our > project. > > Sure I would like the colours on the icons to be a little brighter and > there are probably other things that can be improved, but I think > having one officially maintained and supported icon set makes a lot of > sense. > > Regards > > Tim > > One consequence of eliminating the "classic" theme as an option is a lot of otherwise good, general documentation (articles, blog posts, stackexchange posts, books) will be crippled. -gary > > > > > Regards, > > > > Larry > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Nathan Woodrow <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Don't be sorry, everyone's opinion should be heard. I have mixed > >> feelings, the old theme seems to kidish but the new one is too gray. > >> Now is a good time to look at which icons are causing the most issues > >> and revamp them. > >> > >> Sent from some fancy phone looking thingo > >> From: Régis Haubourg > >> Sent: 16/04/2013 6:06 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Icon theme update > >> Larry_S wrote > >> > Some time ago, devs voted to move to the 'gis' theme as the default, > >> > i.e. > >> > not just the one selected by default but also the only theme supported > >> > by > >> > the project. Even after this update, you may notice the icons are > still > >> > hodge-podge with inconsistent ones needing work. Due to lack of > >> > developers > >> > to maintain multiple project-supported themes, it is best to have only > >> > one, > >> > so that a concerted effort can be made to keep it complete and > cohesive. > >> > > >> > Does mean that we can use themes in QGIS 2.0? > >> >> > >> > > >> > No theme support code was removed, only the gis theme condensed upon > the > >> > current default (because many default icons are still used) and old > >> > project > >> > themes removed. However, there has been talk of removing all theme > >> > support, > >> > but I can't speak to the state of that decision. > >> > > >> > I like to revive my nkids theme for QGIS 2.0 as option for Mac OS X > >> >> QGIS, is this possible? > >> >> > >> > > >> > I'm not entirely sure, but to use a different theme than the default, > >> > you > >> > will need to add it to the appropriate source directories, edit the > .qrc > >> > files and compile the source again. For example, nkids has been in the > >> > source themes directory for awhile, but not choose-able in the gui > >> > because > >> > it is not been made part of compiled-in resource system. > >> > > >> > I did add some code to push any old saved theme choice over to the new > >> > default, so if you did add a revamped nkids theme, maybe considering > >> > giving > >> > it a new name as well. > >> > >> Hi Larry, > >> it's a total surprise to me, since I thought I was following list > >> intensivly. I remember voting against gis theme, but majority did choose > >> as > >> default. That's fine, I'm OK with the vote. But I was thinking having > the > >> choice to switch back to classic theme ! > >> I submitted both themes to users and all of them in my corp wanted to > keep > >> classical one. By myself, I really have visual difficulties with gis > theme > >> (to much blue-grey, very few pixels to distinguish functions, overly > >> complicated icons..) > >> Moreover, I must say I've not been able to fund anything for months in > >> QGIS > >> project due to the lack of visibility. Please think of us and let us see > >> more clearly where we can help the projects. > >> > >> Sorry for that message, but these last minute surprises really starts to > >> be > >> a problem to me. > >> > >> Régis > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > >> > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Icon-theme-update-tp5047106p5047184.html > >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Qgis-developer mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Qgis-developer mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > -- > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > ============================================== > Please do not email me off-list with technical > support questions. 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