> Someone made a flesh-and-bone GDM theme based off of the mock-up, and it has > a rounded corner, too: > http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Intrepid+Ibex+GDM?content=86712 > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Dylan McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> The GDM mockup that guy made has a striking resemblance to New Wave, >> so this may not be as far off as we assume. One issue with the mockup >> is that it is hoping for rounded corners at the bottom of windows, but >> there is no border to acomodate this. That can be overcome by having a >> thicker bottom border, which is a good idea anyway for easily resizing >> the window. >> >> Forcing a round corner without adding a Metacity window border to >> accommodate it (if it was possible within today's infrastructure, >> which I do not believe is so) would need to cut off actual content. We >> don't want that. MPlayer users, for example, would kill us. >> >> Ideally, I think window decoration themes should be superceded by GTK >> container widgets, which may afford us some interesting control along >> these lines. Until then - if that is even possible or remotely >> desirable, which is iffy - ... it wouldn't be looking like the mockup. >> >> I think the colour scheme is pretty decent, though, and I appreciate >> that this mockup keeps the actual software intact. There are some nice >> ideas in here :) >> Oh, cool background, too. And that wifi icon is actually useful; it >> takes the extra step of actually using an antenna to describe what the >> signal strength bars represent, which is Really Important yet >> strangely never done. (Even in those operating systems that spend >> millions on usability testing). >> >> Bye, >> -Dylan >> >> PS: *Sniff* *Sniff* I smell HTML!
Oops, I totally misorganized my thoughts there. When I mention "the mockup" with rounded borders, I mean the one with a full desktop, not the GDM mockup. In fact, I only meant the GDM mockup when I was mentioning New Wave, then completely forgot about it :/ Sorry! Bye, -Dylan -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
