Andrew Laignel wrote: > >>> Previously I worked on a design and it might give some new idea for >>> Hardy now. >>> http://szerencsefia.googlepages.com/DarkCaramel_nautilus.png/DarkCaramel_nautilus-full.jpg >>> >>> >>> Comments? > > While I do like the theme I do not think going fully dark is a good > idea. Just the title bar, as was in a screenshot in this thread > already (I cant find it though), looks good but the whole window is a > bit full on and a bit contraversial for a default theme. It also may > have problems with icons that are designed for a light background > causing them to either not be properly visible (dark icon on a dark > background) or with a jaggy light edge if the icons only use a 1 bit > alpha channel. > > I think one of the most important criteria for judging the new theme > should not be how many people like it, but rather how many people hate > it. The main reason for the excessive light blues/greys in themes on > other platforms is to create something that is light, airy and > neutral. Anything that is too stylized or funky is likely to polarize > people into the love it/hate it camps when its better to have everyone > more neutral. > > Not that we should be boring, not at all, but I think avoiding > anything that is radical or too fundamentally different would be a > good idea and you can create nice work while sticking to this > principle - OSX is a perfect example. That being said I am running > Ubuntu on my laptop now and the only theme that I don't think is > horrible is Clearlooks. It would be nice to have 3 or so really nice > themes (such as this one) people could pick if they wanted something > different. > > I think also pre-choosing 12 or so different ultra-high quality > wallpapers would be a good idea. There are many art sites (such as > Deviantart.com) that are choc full of talented people who would > probably be more than happy to have their work showcased in such a > high profile environment. I was slightly disappointed that there was > only a couple in Ubuntu, and they seemed to be mainly dark based. > > While on the subject maybe (unless it already exists) we should make > somewhere all the current mockups could be stored on the net in a > gallery form so it's easy to look over them again? The old postings > seem to get lost in time and forgotten about. >
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