On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Peter Kasting<pkast...@google.com> wrote: > FWIW, I'd prefer if all the ports have this. > There are three reasons for this, one of them silly: > (1) Shows themes you've gotten from sources other than the gallery (I don't > know if this is possible at this moment, but it will be someday, right?)
No, why is it useful to see themes you've previously installed? I mean, why is it anymore than seeing any other webpage you've previously visited. We already have mechanisms to find things you visited previously. Why does themes need it's own? > (2) Limited to the set of themes you've actually shown interest in by using. > Think about if the gallery had several thousand themes (the way Firefox has > several thousand Personas). I don't even buy that this would work. You can't tell which themes you like by looking at the picture. I suspect it is more typical to actually try it on for size before deciding it is hideous/awesome. > (3) Usable while offline/unable to access gallery (silly reason). You're right, silly. > The first two are sufficient reasons to me that I've been surprised to not > see this kind of a switch in the WIndows UI. Funny, you recently argued in a different thread (about a different feature request) that the cost for following a link is basically nil, so there shouldn't be any separate UI other than that ;-). Agree right now that installing a theme is slightly higher cost than following a link. But it shouldn't be. On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:02 PM, PhistucK<phist...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seeing as there is currently no UI for it other than actually installing a > theme again, I would say the theme selection dropdown is kind of a needed > element. We should change the word "install" to "pick". Why should there be a different UI for re-picking a theme than there is for the initial pick? On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Caleb Eggensperger<caleb...@gmail.com> wrote: > It would be nice for the UI for "installing" a theme to be the same as > for choosing it again. Maybe the themes directory could have an > "already installed" section, although I think the fact that I've > installed a theme and moved on to another means I'm less interested in > using it again. > > A dropdown would become kinda unmanageable with a large number of > themes, unless there's a way to remove them, and not nearly as usable > as the themes directory is now. What if I can't remember what "legal > pad" looks like? Good points! On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM, PhistucK<phist...@gmail.com> wrote: > I meant it would be nice as a temporary solution, until a chrome://themes > page or something comes up. > And per your wondering - when you mouse over\select a theme with the > keyboard arrows (but no mouse click, nor Enter key press is made), a preview > can be shown, or the whole theme can change. > That would have to make the theme transitioning faster and more fluid, of > course, but that is the intention anyway, so this could be step one. > If you do not select a theme at last (clicking otherwise), the theme will > revert to the one it has been. I think we should just make the install process more fluid, less "costly". - a --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---