I did a quick fix to the borderless theme which should make it look more elegant, while making it easier to resize. IMHO it'd be just as easy to resize as the non-borderless version: the resize handles are just as big and just as visible.
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1547/dustborderbottomxa1.jpg https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen-2 wrote: > > 2008/9/12 Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, I just installed dust from kwwii's community themes package and >> have to say it is great. I still have a problem with invisible fonts >> on the menu bar, but even with that minor glitch this is my favorite >> theme from this development cycle so far. >> >> http://code.bearfruit.org/~matt/tmp/menu-bar.png > > I'll join the choir :-) I've been dog fooding it for a week now and I > still love it. Clean, professional, and original. > > There are a few items (nothing we can't fix though) which I would > change... > > * A subtle border around menus. Menus have a bit much of "flat black > square"-feel to it. Some subtle borders would alleviate this > > * The highlight on the menu items. Make it extend over the entire > menu entry. Right now now there is a small border around the selected > item > > * Maybe (_maybe_) a more visible gradient on the selected menu items > (this might break the subtle simplicity of the theme though, so it > should be checked...) > > * Window titles needs to be centered to look properly in RTL languages > > * I like the Borderless metacity theme the most, it looks lighter and > more elegant in my eyes. It is darn hard to resize the windows with > the borderless variant though. Perhaps adding a bottom border for > easier resizing? I think someone played with adding a subtle gradient > on the bottom border... Maybe it was New Wave, Anton? > > * The scrollbars colors... They somehow confuse my 33% of the times I > use them. My mind tells me that the slider is in the most light part > of the scroll bar. This is especially in windows where the slider > length is bigger than the free space in the scroll bar > > * The scrollbar look... I feel that the scrollbars without the > endcaps and flat slider does not live up to the professionalism I feel > the rest of the theme. It is hard to put precise words on this. > Sorry... > > -- > Cheers, > Mikkel > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/dust-is-good-tp19459334p19467468.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
