> I get the feeling that people are on board to support the naming spec. > Is it bad to have an implementation out there? Surely no one is > suggesting that a mailing list for artists interested in learning the > spec and possibly creating nice themes independently is a bad thing? > Would it make a difference if it were called > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The problem here isn't about Tango. I think it's good for them to use the specs, and it is good that others follow. It's even good if the dm's enforce the naming spec. The problem here is that some people want an "unified icon theme". That's the problem, being it Tango or any other. Tango was (kind of) atacked because freedesktop hosts it. As I said, I don't want to take part in that discussion, I see no reason for Tango to be hosted on freedesktop, but I also don't see a reason why not. What I'm seeing here is people wanting to make Tango the freedesktop official theme, and I'm against that for many reasons. One of them is that a theme is not code, it's something subjective and should not be made standard. (no, I don't like the "mtv culture" :P ) Freedesktop is taking a dangerous path: when everything is standard there's no individuality. So let's focus on what is useful to be standard and just forget what's not. Look'n'feel shouldn't be standard. Let's pose an example: I shouldn't be forced to use a dm with a taskbar. What if I don't want one? Yes, there should be a standard for how a taskbar works on the API-level, allowing several apps to know how to use it. But I should never be forced to use one. In the Windows world I'm forced to have one, but that's not linux. I currently don't use a taskbar, and I shouldn't be forced to just because "they just want to use their apps and get work done". Well, as you may guess, an icon theme is even more personal, so it shouldn't be imposed. There should be no official theme as much as there should be no official DM. PS: Please note that i'm not against themes that look the same for both qt/gtk. That can indeed be useful. But it's the job of the theme-maker, if he wants to, to provide the same look'n'feel for the alternative widget. _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
