Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-12 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:34 PM Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I have gtk3-nocsd installed on my machines, but I don't think a > default install is a good idea, as its necessary use via LD_PRELOAD > breaks *any* program using ASan. The sanitisers shouldn't be used in production binaries due to

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-12 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2019-06-07 17:24:17 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > * CSD is still a thing. No, your special program shouldn't get to ignore > system theme, put controls in wrong order, miss some controls, not respond > to minimize/etc if it's currently busy, etc. Consistency not one-off > designs. > >

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-12 Thread Niels Thykier
Thomas Goirand: > On 6/10/19 8:46 AM, Niels Thykier wrote: >> However, at no point in this, can I understand how highlighting disdain >> for certain people (or what their "title") would help with anything in >> this endeavour (or any other cause for that matter). From my PoV, it >> just seems

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 6/10/19 8:46 AM, Niels Thykier wrote: > However, at no point in this, can I understand how highlighting disdain > for certain people (or what their "title") would help with anything in > this endeavour (or any other cause for that matter). From my PoV, it > just seems needlessly unprofessional

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-10 Thread Niels Thykier
Adam Borowski: > On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 09:46:37AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: >> [...] > >> As others have mentioned, I hope that Debian remains a project that >> makes it evermore welcoming to individuals > > Yeah but one of our core values is "we do not hide problems". I'd rather > lash out

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-09 Thread Chris Lamb
Adam Borowski wrote: > > As others have mentioned, I hope that Debian remains a project that > > makes it evermore welcoming to individuals > > Yeah but one of our core values is "we do not hide problems". I'd rather > lash out and voice my gripes _with actionable ideas_ than to stay silent to

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-09 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 09:46:37AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Adam Borowski wrote: > > This is about GUI appearance and ergonomy. [...] > > I also hate with a passion so-called "UX designers". Those are folks who > > created Windows 8's Metro tiles, lightgray-on-white "Material Design" flat > >

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-09 Thread Chris Lamb
Adam Borowski wrote: > This is about GUI appearance and ergonomy. > > I'll concentrate at XFCE, as I consider GNOME3's UI a lost cause, thus I'd > find it hard to bring constructive arguments there. > > I also hate with a passion so-called "UX designers". Those are folks who > created Windows

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-08 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 10:21:22AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 05:24:17PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > In general: could we please do something to appearance beyond choosing a > > wallpaper once a release? > > I fully support more effort on improving the usability,

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 11:24 PM Adam Borowski wrote: > In general: could we please do something to appearance beyond choosing a > wallpaper once a release? Please note that modifying the appearance of apps can annoy upstreams: https://stopthemingmy.app/

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-08 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 05:24:17PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: In general: could we please do something to appearance beyond choosing a wallpaper once a release? I fully support more effort on improving the usability, consistency etc. across the GUI stuff we provide. Timing-wise it's best done

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-08 Thread intrigeri
Hi Adam, Adam Borowski: > I also hate with a passion so-called "UX designers". I would love if we tried to make Debian more welcoming to folks with skills that our project lacks, such as UX design and graphics, rather than the opposite. > They work from a Mac while not having to actually use

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 12:32:54PM -0700, James Lu wrote: > >> +1 for Materia (materia-gtk-theme), especially the dark variant. It's a > >> simple, flat dark theme that preserves contrast without being having a > >> pitch black background, more so than Arc-Dark and even Adwaita-Dark. The > >>

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 10:57:17PM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Adam Borowski - 07.06.19, 21:09: > > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 11:24:03AM -0700, James Lu wrote: > > > I use Noto Sans, which supports a lot of languages out of the box > > > and is the default in at least Cinnamon AFAIK. > > > >

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Adam Borowski - 07.06.19, 21:09: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 11:24:03AM -0700, James Lu wrote: […] > > > * default font is ugly and poorly hinted -- the latter is > > > especially jarring> > > > > on a low-resolution screen I'm at right now, the former still > > > applies to one's proper

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread James Lu
On 2019-06-07 12:09 p.m., Adam Borowski wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 11:24:03AM -0700, James Lu wrote: >> As far as I know, Debian mostly uses default upstream desktop defaults, >> so these concerns apply there too. Evidently some DEs (Plasma, Cinnamon) >> focus on looks out of the box more

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 11:24:03AM -0700, James Lu wrote: > As far as I know, Debian mostly uses default upstream desktop defaults, > so these concerns apply there too. Evidently some DEs (Plasma, Cinnamon) > focus on looks out of the box more than others. Yeah, and when upstream defaults are not

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Adam Borowski - 07.06.19, 17:24: > This is about GUI appearance and ergonomy. > > I'll concentrate at XFCE, as I consider GNOME3's UI a lost cause, thus > I'd find it hard to bring constructive arguments there. Similar to you I do not "get" GNOME 3. I have no idea why I would like to use it.

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hey Adam On 2019/06/07 17:24, Adam Borowski wrote:> I'll concentrate at XFCE I proposed most of what you said in this email (and some more) in the #debian-xfce channel a few months ago. They were actually surprisingly open to having such config changes and suggested I prepare a proposal, I was

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, 07 Jun 2019, Wookey wrote: > On 2019-06-07 17:24 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > * CSD is still a thing. No, your special program shouldn't get to ignore > > system theme, put controls in wrong order, miss some controls, not respond > > to minimize/etc if it's currently busy, etc.

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Bjørn Mork - 07.06.19, 19:22: > Adam Borowski writes: > > => Install gtk3-nocsd by default in all desktop tasks but Gnome. > > It's not> > > perfect but it helps. > > That's nice. Thanks for the tip. I enjoy nice tools like eog and > evince, but have always been annoyed by the

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Wookey
On 2019-06-07 17:24 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > * CSD is still a thing. No, your special program shouldn't get to ignore > system theme, put controls in wrong order, miss some controls, not respond > to minimize/etc if it's currently busy, etc. Consistency not one-off > designs. What is

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread James Lu
(I *love* customization, so I can't help but chime in here...) As far as I know, Debian mostly uses default upstream desktop defaults, so these concerns apply there too. Evidently some DEs (Plasma, Cinnamon) focus on looks out of the box more than others. On 2019-06-07 8:24 a.m., Adam Borowski

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Bjørn Mork
Adam Borowski writes: > => Install gtk3-nocsd by default in all desktop tasks but Gnome. It's not > perfect but it helps. That's nice. Thanks for the tip. I enjoy nice tools like eog and evince, but have always been annoyed by the missing window title and associated window manager

Re: Debian, so ugly and unwieldy!

2019-06-07 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, 2019-06-07 at 17:24 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > This is about GUI appearance and ergonomy. > > I'll concentrate at XFCE, as I consider GNOME3's UI a lost cause Have you tried Cinnamon, it's quite nice and not ugly nor unwieldy. > * people tend to use computers with only limited