Here's a gtk with a union influence. Hack away! ________________________________ > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:03:09 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Second version of Union mockup > > I think as long as the widgets are done correctly they'll look good; I'm > basing the widgets, very much like the rest of the theme, off of the Murrine > per-pixel-alpha demonstration image and Basic ideals; although the widgets > will be more flat. I also kind of want to stick close to the Murrine alpha > demonstration (in terms of widgets) because if this theme is fully done, it > means that there will probably be less bugs until per-pixel-alpha matures. > > The three buttons running on the bottom-left of windows are for less-used, > but helpful actions. I don't know how possible they are, but I figure it > makes no sense to pack the entire topside of a window with buttons when the > bottom is practically untouched. All of the 3 buttons are on/off, and in > order they are: Roll up, Above other windows, Tack/Sticky. I drew the tack > backwards (doh!) > > I agree about the transparency with the inactive window; it needs much more > opacity. On the orange background I use it looks less apparent; but you can > really see it on every other background. > > The + - is there mostly because I wanted something other than the Vista look, > but I'll make some new buttons that hopefully explain what they do, while > avoiding vista-like icons. I'm unsure on how they'll look when th user > mouse-overs, but they will have a green/yellow/red glow if I can make it look > good. > > I'll have an update tomorrow with the changes, and possibly widgets. I'll > also mock-up calculator and another basic program so we'll see how an actual > program might look. > > Thanks everyone! > -- Ken V > > On Dec 30, 2007 2:41 PM, Nicolas Deschildre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 30, 2007 11:37 PM, Matthew McGowan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I find the >> current set in the designs (the plus and minus) a little confusing as to >> what their function exactly is. > > +1 > >> >> Regards >> matt >> >> >> Dylan McCall wrote: >>> I wasn't 100% with this mockup originally, but now I love it! Those >>> colour changes are well chosen. Those fancy panel icons would be quite >>> a pile of work, however. With an effect like that, it's can be either >>> all of them or none of them, and there are /a lot/ of programs that >>> put themselves in the notification area. Having said that, it would be >>> very cool if unimportant (and inactive) notifications faded into the >>> background, while they used the colourful images we see today when >>> active. However, that sounds more like a code matter... >>> Perhaps that effect would be happier being implemented in code, since >>> on that end it can be implemented for everything, including unofficial >>> applications. >>> >>> One thing important to look at is menu bars that are not directly >>> within windows. GTK decided that menu bars should be independent >>> widgets, (which is good thinking in some ways, but definitely limits >>> some of the cool possibilities of menus that know what window they >>> belong to) so those menus could theoretically be anywhere. Granted, >>> they are usually on the top, but extra use cases would be safe. >>> >>> Nick Telford makes a good point about text areas. Have you put much >>> pondering into those? >>> >>> What are those three buttons you have on the bottom of your windows? >>> Looks like an interesting window management feature that could be >>> implemented by an Ubuntu-side GTK hack... >>> >>> Speaking of effects, I think you could do with a tad less alpha on >>> unfocussed windows. People often look at two or three windows at once >>> for some tasks, and them being so transparent could well make that >>> undoable. Perhaps if that Pin button (which I believe you have on the >>> status bars there) was implemented somewhere, we could better expect >>> people to use the feature. Then, if a window was pinned and >>> unfocussed, it would not have the same transparent effect. (Again, I >>> am not up on how themes work, so please forgive my ignorance!). >>> >>> Keep up the amazing work, Ken! Everyone likes SVGs, so I see a very >>> good chance of this mockup making it as a mainified ("mainly"? >>> mained?) theme. >>> >>> Bye, >>> -Dylan McCall >> >> -- >> >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >> > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
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