Nathan Kinkade schrieb: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 01:10:42AM +0300, Tom wrote: > >>> Actually, I have no issues with the current theme. It's simple and >>> classy. While the nEo theme may be faster (dunno, haven't tried it), >>> I don't like all the green/color. On WinXP, the first thing I did on >>> a new install was disable the "Fisher Price" theme (the one with all >>> the colored buttons on every window) and go back to the simple gray >>> theme. >>> >>> If I'm in the minority here, that's fine. As long as the old theme is >>> still available to install... >>> >>> -Steven >>> >>> >> I'm also against the green theme, though I really think we need a new (maybe >> simple) theme, as this theme looks just like it actually is, >> it looks like a dev environment :) especially the background, we should >> change gray and background to more "production ready" states. >> >> -- >> Tom. >> > > I don't mind the present theme, but one that is more high contrast would > be useful. As it is, my Freerunner is useless unless I'm in the shade. > At full brightness, it doesn't matter how I angle the device, the > display is basically unreadable in direct sunlight. This is > disappointing considering I live in Florida, USA, the "Sunshine State." > > Nathan >
So basically the neo theme is too extreme. which leads me to thinking that we need a more "classical" theme, but high contrast is also needed. i think i may draw a draft in inkscape (implementing a theme would take abotu a week till its complete. problem is the higher the contrast, the harder it is to make it prettier, since gradients kill all the contrast, but using colors that fit together without gradients also kills contrast. those who havent tried the neo theme, believe me that usability goes way up using a faster theme. (one guy obviously got caught up in the moment after installign teh theme and sent me an email that he can now finally use his phone as daily phone. if you ask me, the reason for that was smooth scrolling) since we are at a point where a new theme will be designed we have the opportunity to boost usability so i would really liek to encurage you (primarily those without the needed knowledge to implement a theme) to post mockups, proof of concept designs etc... you dont have to keep it extremely simple, just high contrast, but still nice looking. i already have something in midn that woudl only take a couple of days to implement, but the problem is, that is isnt high contrast. (basically a stripped down faster version of the default illume theme). i really want to push this, because i love shr and there is finally something where i can actually contribute and i really want to do this. i didn't have the skills to help till now. i do not see myself as a designer, but i can implement the design. br _______________________________________________ Shr-User mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shr-project.org/mailman/listinfo/shr-user
