I often wish we could have two colourings for controls. One dark one for controls out of focus and light colours for the active window. There is a compiz plugin can fake this but actual correct colouring would be better.
For example using the ADD Helper plugin I currently have non-focused windows darkened 10%, and de-saturated 50%. tonic On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:28 -0600, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > I've been experimenting with using dark themes. I've tried the Ubuntu > Studio theme, which looks very shiny, and I've tried a customized > theme which looks like this: > http://code.bearfruit.org/~matt/MattsDesktop.jpg I used my customized > theme for two weeks, I've been using Ubuntu Studio for about two > hours. > > Number one problem with the two themes I've used is the lack of > contrast in icons, and especially text. > > Number two problem is that a lot of contrast between the window (white > web pages, etc) and the chrome around the window or on adjacent > windows makes it difficult to re-focus your eyes when switching tasks > or applications. > > Number three problem is that some programs make poor assumptions about > the background colors of some of the widgets. For example, the url > drop-down list in firefox or the auto-complete dropdowns that show up > below firefox's form fields. These appear to be black text on > dark-dark grey and are nearly unreadable. > > These things will need to be addressed with care. > > That being said: > * The transparency of inactive windows in the ubuntu studio theme is > beautiful. I'm personally getting tired of glossyness, but the ubuntu > studio theme's dark gloss could support transparency even on the > active window. > * The Orange and grey theme I've been using has turned a lot of > heads. Like the Apple doc, it's long-term usability is questionable > (since the lighter grey affords less contrast) but it sure does > attract eyeballs. > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
