Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-22 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng


> On 23 Jan 2022, at 13:27, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> wirelessduck--- via Dng  writes:
> 
>> On 20 Jan 2022, at 23:33, Hendrik Boom  wrote:
>> 
>> It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated monitor.
>> But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors
>> regular users use.
>> So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and
>> monitors we have at home and work.
>> And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind.
>> I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing
>> this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more
>> complicated than this.
>> 
>> -- hendrik
>> 
>> Can I suggest Color Oracle or similar as a tool to use here?
>> 
>> https://colororacle.org/
>> 
>> It allows you to apply a full screen filter to simulate what a colour
>> blind person would be seeing if they were viewing your monitor. It is
>> a Java app and I’ve only tested it on Windows some years ago but it
>> does say Linux compatible, with a link to source code on GitHub.
> 
> Web developer tools for Firefox and Chromium should also contain tools
> to simulate colour blindness and some other visual impairments.  I have
> played around with a tool for Chromium a while back but don't remember
> it's name.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> --
> Olaf Meeuwissen

There are tools included in both Firefox and chrome.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Accessibility_inspector/Simulation

https://mobile.twitter.com/mathias/status/1237393102635012101

I prefer ColorOracle because it overlays the entire screen, not just a single 
window.

I tested it just now in Devuan 4 using Java 11 and it runs fine, adding the 
applet into the icon widget/system tray area of my tint2 panel in openbox.  I’m 
guessing it should work just fine also with XFCE or similar desktop environment.

You can run it after downloading and unzipping with:

java -jar ColorOracle.jar

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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-22 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi,

wirelessduck--- via Dng  writes:

>  On 20 Jan 2022, at 23:33, Hendrik Boom  wrote:
>
>  It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated monitor.
>  But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors
>  regular users use.
>  So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and
>  monitors we have at home and work.
>  And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind.
>  I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing
>  this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more
>  complicated than this.
>
>  -- hendrik
>
> Can I suggest Color Oracle or similar as a tool to use here?
>
> https://colororacle.org/
>
> It allows you to apply a full screen filter to simulate what a colour
> blind person would be seeing if they were viewing your monitor. It is
> a Java app and I’ve only tested it on Windows some years ago but it
> does say Linux compatible, with a link to source code on GitHub.

Web developer tools for Firefox and Chromium should also contain tools
to simulate colour blindness and some other visual impairments.  I have
played around with a tool for Chromium a while back but don't remember
it's name.

Hope this helps,
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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-22 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi,
Hendrik Boom  writes:

> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 02:08:12PM -0700, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
>> goli...@devuan.org wrote:
>> > Lars Noodén wrote:
>> > > What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?
>> >
>> > In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered my
>> > mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" art not
>> > "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex.
>> >
>> > Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
>> > seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .
>> >
>> > I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on 
>> > your
>> > monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop and let
>> > us have a look.
>>
>> I just want to comment that I have two identical model displays side
>> by side in a dual monitor configuration on my desktop.  Both are
>> identical as far as any model vendor and number are concerned.  Yet
>> side by side it is pretty obvious to me that they have a difference in
>> color tone between them.  They are definitely not the same even though
>> by specification they will be the same.
>>
>> The first order difference in my two monitors I think is that the
>> backlight is not identical between them.  One shows a slightly warmer
>> color hue to the backlight from the other.  I think that swamps other
>> effects causing differences in my "matched pair".
>>
>> None of this really has any effect on how nice a color theme looks on
>> the displays though.  That's an art project more than a science project.
>>
>> Bob
>
> It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated monitor.
> But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors
> regular users use.
> So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and
> monitors we have at home and work.

Agreed.  I would also like to add that colour perception is influenced
by ambient light so it isn't even a display issue.  On my wide monitor
I perceive the same hex-value colour differently on the left and right
sides (because half is in front of the window and the other half has a
wall behind it).

> And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind.
> I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing
> this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more
> complicated than this.

Yup.  Red/green colour blindness is most common but there are many more
varieties and some involve more than two colours.  A greyscale version
is a good first approximation to check whether colours can be told apart
in case of colour blindness.

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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-22 Thread Steve Litt
o1bigtenor via Dng said on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:03:27 -0600


>AIUI there are not only different forms of color blindedness but also
>different levels. Putting that all together means a very large amount
>of complexity.
>
>Likely an easy path to avoid most difficulties - - - use only strong
>primary colors - - - does that solve the possible issues - - - nope
>but those that are color blind have learned to cope with those specific
>issues (I'm thinking of red like in stop lights).

As a guy with vision correctable to 20/50 at best, I have a dog in this
fight. The initial theme should:

1) Be readable by anyone who can see at all.

2) Make it trivial for anybody to create, edit or change themes.

The preceding two rules would make certain that nobody is presented
with a buried shovel in which if they could read the print, they could
change the config, and if only they could change the config, they could
read the print. 90+% of users will immediately change their theme to
something prettier and less stark. The visually handicapped could copy
the initial theme to their own theme and modify as necessary.

I'm not color blind, but I have a pretty good idea how to make things
legible to color blind people: Always have either very dark print on
very light background, or very light print on very dark background.
This way, the color blind person can discern by light and dark, not
color on color. Also, NFT (No Friggin Transparency).

For people like me with poor visual acuity, the following are
important in the initial theme:

* Bigtime contrast. No dark violet on dark blue, or darker violet on
  dark violet.

* Big print. Minimum 12 point, 14 point is better.

* No Friggin Transparency! Transparency is the kiss of death for those
  with low visual acuity.

* Startlingly different window decoration for the window with focus, as
  opposed to the windows without focus. I think very light gray
  background titlebar for unfocused and very dark blue titlebar for
  focused would be perfect. Obviously, make the titlebar text
  contrast starkly with the titlebar background. Also, adding a
  couple pixels to the window border helps those with low vision know
  where the window ends and something else begins. You haven't lived
  until you look at a screen and can't tell which window has focus.

Are my suggestions ugly? Most people think so. But please remember the
vast majority will immediately switch to a theme more visually pleasing.

True story...

There was once a Linux project called Gobo Linux, with a packaging
scheme I would have preferred to any existing. As with MS-DOS, each
application had its own directory tree. That's how I like it --- screw
LFS. I was starting to test it, but there was only one thing wrong: The
terminal text was about 7point, dark blue on dark purple. 

I asked them to change it and they said "no problem, you change it at
the Grub prompt." So I tried, but they'd set the console font to about 6
point gray on black. I asked them to change the console font and they
said I should change it, even though it was clear I couldn't change
what I can't read. 

I was going to publish good stuff about the Gobo project on
Troubleshooters.Com. Several projects have been very glad to get
publicized on Troubleshooters.Com, but I guess these guys couldn't be
bothered either to make it usable for me or make it usable for those
with poor eyesight. I never publicized them. As far as I can tell, their
mailing list stopped functioning in November 2019, and today their IRC
channel has eight people. But they stuck by their guns and kept their
"viewable by GenZ only" interface. Oh well.

SteveT

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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-22 Thread golinux

On 2022-01-22 13:23, Lars Noodén via Dng wrote:

On 1/19/22 21:46, goli...@devuan.org wrote:

On 2022-01-19 12:50, Lars Noodén via Dng wrote:

On 1/17/22 23:17, goli...@devuan.org wrote:
[snip]> This is not a trivial task. The many pieces that need to be
coordinated

are described in this HOW-TO:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/theming-devuan.md


[snip]

What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?

/Lars



In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never 
entered

my mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye"
art not "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a 
hex.


Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .

I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing 
on
your monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera 
desktop

and let us have a look.


Ok, thanks.  I guess from that answer and the others, that aspect might
not be so important at the moment in this project.

Are the colors for Daedalus chosen already?

I see that the one tar ball is about Chimaera:
Clearlooks-Phenix-Deepsea.  Is that a complete sample?



Hi Lars . . .

Yes.  Colors will never display the same on any 2 monitors. I came to 
this realization when I first started designing websites 20 years ago 
and gave up trying.


All the files that need to be altered are here:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/chimaera-deepsea

And the HOW-TO is here: 
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/theming-devuan.md


The process begins with selection of the "base colors" of the Desktop 
wallpaper. The Clearlooks-Phenix-* theme. The rest of the pieces cannot 
be created until that color palette has been chosen and finalized:

https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/chimaera-deepsea/backgrounds

What color does the story of Daedalus (and his son Icarus) evoke in your 
mind? I think of searing Mediterranean sun and intensely blue water. 
Play with it and see what pops up.


Any questions. Just ask. :)

Enjoy the journey!

golinux

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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-22 Thread Lars Noodén via Dng

On 1/19/22 21:46, goli...@devuan.org wrote:

On 2022-01-19 12:50, Lars Noodén via Dng wrote:

On 1/17/22 23:17, goli...@devuan.org wrote:
[snip]> This is not a trivial task. The many pieces that need to be
coordinated

are described in this HOW-TO:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/theming-devuan.md


[snip]

What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?

/Lars



In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered
my mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye"
art not "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex.

Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .

I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on
your monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop
and let us have a look.


Ok, thanks.  I guess from that answer and the others, that aspect might
not be so important at the moment in this project.

Are the colors for Daedalus chosen already?

I see that the one tar ball is about Chimaera:
Clearlooks-Phenix-Deepsea.  Is that a complete sample?

/Lars
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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-20 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng


> On 20 Jan 2022, at 23:33, Hendrik Boom  wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 02:08:12PM -0700, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
>> goli...@devuan.org wrote:
>>> Lars Noodén wrote:
 What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?
>>> 
>>> In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered my
>>> mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" art not
>>> "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex.
>>> 
>>> Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
>>> seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .
>>> 
>>> I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on your
>>> monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop and let
>>> us have a look.
>> 
>> I just want to comment that I have two identical model displays side
>> by side in a dual monitor configuration on my desktop.  Both are
>> identical as far as any model vendor and number are concerned.  Yet
>> side by side it is pretty obvious to me that they have a difference in
>> color tone between them.  They are definitely not the same even though
>> by specification they will be the same.
>> 
>> The first order difference in my two monitors I think is that the
>> backlight is not identical between them.  One shows a slightly warmer
>> color hue to the backlight from the other.  I think that swamps other
>> effects causing differences in my "matched pair".
>> 
>> None of this really has any effect on how nice a color theme looks on
>> the displays though.  That's an art project more than a science project.
>> 
>> Bob
> 
> It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated monitor.
> But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors
> regular users use.
> So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and
> monitors we have at home and work.
> And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind.
> I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing
> this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more
> complicated than this. 
> 
> -- hendrik

Can I suggest Color Oracle or similar as a tool to use here?

https://colororacle.org/

It allows you to apply a full screen filter to simulate what a colour blind 
person would be seeing if they were viewing your monitor. It is a Java app and 
I’ve only tested it on Windows some years ago but it does say Linux compatible, 
with a link to source code on GitHub.

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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 07:03:27AM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 6:33 AM Hendrik Boom  wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 02:08:12PM -0700, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
> > > goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> > > > Lars Noodén wrote:
> > > > > What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?
> > > >
> > > > In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never 
> > > > entered my
> > > > mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" art 
> > > > not
> > > > "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex.
> > > >
> > > > Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
> > > > seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .
> > > >
> > > > I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on 
> > > > your
> > > > monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop and 
> > > > let
> > > > us have a look.
> > >
> > > I just want to comment that I have two identical model displays side
> > > by side in a dual monitor configuration on my desktop.  Both are
> > > identical as far as any model vendor and number are concerned.  Yet
> > > side by side it is pretty obvious to me that they have a difference in
> > > color tone between them.  They are definitely not the same even though
> > > by specification they will be the same.
> > >
> > > The first order difference in my two monitors I think is that the
> > > backlight is not identical between them.  One shows a slightly warmer
> > > color hue to the backlight from the other.  I think that swamps other
> > > effects causing differences in my "matched pair".
> > >
> > > None of this really has any effect on how nice a color theme looks on
> > > the displays though.  That's an art project more than a science project.
> > >
> > > Bob
> >
> > It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated 
> > monitor.
> > But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors
> > regular users use.
> > So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and
> > monitors we have at home and work.
> > And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind.
> > I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing
> > this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more
> > complicated than this.
> >
> AIUI there are not only different forms of color blindedness but also
> different levels. Putting that all together means a very large amount
> of complexity.
> 
> Likely an easy path to avoid most difficulties - - - use only strong
> primary colors - - - does that solve the possible issues - - - nope
> but those that are color blind have learned to cope with those specific
> issues (I'm thinking of red like in stop lights).

I'm not colourblind, but I have noticed there's a standard arrangement of
colours on a set of traffic lights, with the red on the bottom.
Also (this is a little harder to see) the different lights have
different shapes.
Around here, for example, the red light is octagonal, like a stop sign.

The best I know is to use a grey scale.
But we'd want a grey scale to be what appears on the screen, not a
colour gamut that might not match what some colour-blind person sees.

My friend's colour blindness is not just that some primaries don't work;
it seems to be a complicated interaction between primaries.

I don't understand it either.

-- hendrik

> 
> HTH
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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-20 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 6:33 AM Hendrik Boom  wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 02:08:12PM -0700, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
> > goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> > > Lars Noodén wrote:
> > > > What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?
> > >
> > > In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered 
> > > my
> > > mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" art not
> > > "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex.
> > >
> > > Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
> > > seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .
> > >
> > > I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on 
> > > your
> > > monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop and let
> > > us have a look.
> >
> > I just want to comment that I have two identical model displays side
> > by side in a dual monitor configuration on my desktop.  Both are
> > identical as far as any model vendor and number are concerned.  Yet
> > side by side it is pretty obvious to me that they have a difference in
> > color tone between them.  They are definitely not the same even though
> > by specification they will be the same.
> >
> > The first order difference in my two monitors I think is that the
> > backlight is not identical between them.  One shows a slightly warmer
> > color hue to the backlight from the other.  I think that swamps other
> > effects causing differences in my "matched pair".
> >
> > None of this really has any effect on how nice a color theme looks on
> > the displays though.  That's an art project more than a science project.
> >
> > Bob
>
> It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated monitor.
> But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors
> regular users use.
> So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and
> monitors we have at home and work.
> And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind.
> I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing
> this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more
> complicated than this.
>
AIUI there are not only different forms of color blindedness but also
different levels. Putting that all together means a very large amount
of complexity.

Likely an easy path to avoid most difficulties - - - use only strong
primary colors - - - does that solve the possible issues - - - nope
but those that are color blind have learned to cope with those specific
issues (I'm thinking of red like in stop lights).

HTH
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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 02:08:12PM -0700, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
> goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> > Lars Noodén wrote:
> > > What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?
> > 
> > In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered my
> > mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" art not
> > "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex.
> > 
> > Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
> > seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .
> > 
> > I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on your
> > monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop and let
> > us have a look.
> 
> I just want to comment that I have two identical model displays side
> by side in a dual monitor configuration on my desktop.  Both are
> identical as far as any model vendor and number are concerned.  Yet
> side by side it is pretty obvious to me that they have a difference in
> color tone between them.  They are definitely not the same even though
> by specification they will be the same.
> 
> The first order difference in my two monitors I think is that the
> backlight is not identical between them.  One shows a slightly warmer
> color hue to the backlight from the other.  I think that swamps other
> effects causing differences in my "matched pair".
> 
> None of this really has any effect on how nice a color theme looks on
> the displays though.  That's an art project more than a science project.
> 
> Bob

It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated monitor.
But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors
regular users use.
So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and
monitors we have at home and work.
And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind.
I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing
this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more
complicated than this. 

-- hendrik

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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-19 Thread Bob Proulx via Dng
goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> Lars Noodén wrote:
> > What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?
> 
> In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered my
> mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" art not
> "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex.
> 
> Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is
> seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .
> 
> I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on your
> monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop and let
> us have a look.

I just want to comment that I have two identical model displays side
by side in a dual monitor configuration on my desktop.  Both are
identical as far as any model vendor and number are concerned.  Yet
side by side it is pretty obvious to me that they have a difference in
color tone between them.  They are definitely not the same even though
by specification they will be the same.

The first order difference in my two monitors I think is that the
backlight is not identical between them.  One shows a slightly warmer
color hue to the backlight from the other.  I think that swamps other
effects causing differences in my "matched pair".

None of this really has any effect on how nice a color theme looks on
the displays though.  That's an art project more than a science project.

Bob


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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-19 Thread golinux

On 2022-01-19 12:50, Lars Noodén via Dng wrote:

On 1/17/22 23:17, goli...@devuan.org wrote:
[snip]> This is not a trivial task. The many pieces that need to be
coordinated

are described in this HOW-TO:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/theming-devuan.md

[snip]

What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?

/Lars



In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered 
my mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" 
art not "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a 
hex.


Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is 
seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . .


I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on 
your monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop 
and let us have a look.


golinux
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Re: [DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-19 Thread Lars Noodén via Dng

On 1/17/22 23:17, goli...@devuan.org wrote:
[snip]> This is not a trivial task. The many pieces that need to be
coordinated

are described in this HOW-TO:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/theming-devuan.md

[snip]

What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required?

/Lars
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[DNG] The Daedalus desktop needs some love

2022-01-17 Thread golinux

Greetings!

HELP WANTED! Might that be YOU?

Devuan needs someone to take over the branded theming of the Xfce 
desktop going forward.


While I can still do colors, integrating them into the templates has 
become too much for my old brain to navigate.


This is not a trivial task. The many pieces that need to be coordinated 
are described in this HOW-TO:

https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documentation/src/branch/master/art/graphics/theming-devuan.md

I am happy to mentor/collaborate as needed.

So who would like to help make the Daedalus desktop beautiful?

golinux

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