If you want to grow your user base then there's no 'easier' way
than to have E support distributable shell-theming (restricted profiles
if you want). It's the best way to attract the attention of new and devoted
users and designers... those that will evangelize E for its coolness.
There is really only so much you can do with current E themes, and
it's why so may are slight mods of each other... They do not really allow
for a fully creative approach to desktop theming.
> I'd rather see more work on better/larger variety of E themes before we
> work on a profile distributor. As is there are only two fully feature
> complete E19 themes that are unique. Most of the rest are either copy+paste
> jobs of the two complete themes or they are missing a lot of things (such
> as elm components).
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Jose Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> Perhaps it's really more a reflection of people 'bored' with
>> the same kind of 'standard' desktops they've been seeing
>> for so many years now?
>> As I've suggested before, a feature for E that would make it
>> far more interesting is a 'shell-theming' capability that would be
>> distributable - i.e. a module to allow people to make and distribute
>> the look&feel of the desktop (things like the bg and arrangement
>> of various gadgets on virtual desktops, etc).
>> Along with some new, cool gadgets (or extensions of some
>> current ones, like allowing for the main menu to hold other gadgets)
>> this would be a very attractive selling feature for E distributions...
>> Designers and normal users can make or download all sorts of
>> nice 'shell-themes' just as they now do with ordinary E themes.
>>
>>
>>
>>> As with every Bodhi release, the trolls really come out with regards to
>>>
>> the
>>
>>> Enlightenment theme. Some real gems over here ->
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.webupd8.org/2015/02/bodhi-linux-300-available-for-download.html
>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 6:50 AM, Tom Hacohen <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17/02/15 09:25, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> First Bodhi stable release featuring an Ubuntu 14.04 core and the E19
>>>>> destkop.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.bodhilinux.com/2015/02/17/bodhi-linux-3-0-0-release/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I'm an Arch user myself, but I still love and appreciate your work.
>>>>
>>>> Glad to have you back. :)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tom.
>>>>
>>>>
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