No. You are just incorrect. > 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
The reason why most of the themes are slight mods of each other is two fold: 1.) Elementary's theme engine is very powerful and allows more customization than any other theme engine. Because of this creating new themes is a great deal of work. this gets exasperated by 2.) There is very limited documentation on creating themes with Elementary. Users being able to copy+paste other users desktop layouts is not going to change the fact that the default E theme draws a pile of flak every time it is shared outside of the E community. Those copied layouts will still be using the same themes as everything else. >They do not really allow for a fully creative approach to desktop theming. This is vague and non-specific. How does the most powerful themeing engine for the Unix desktop not allow "a fully creative approach"? On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Jose Gonzalez <jose_...@juno.com> wrote: > > Maybe... or maybe you're just not thinking deeply enough about it. > > > > It doesn't sound like you know what you are talking about. > > > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Jose Gonzalez <jose_...@juno.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> 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 <jose_...@juno.com> > >>> > >> 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 < > tom.haco...@samsung.com> > >>>>> 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. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! 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