Hi to everyone involved in this project. I've just got in.
Not many days ago, I started a project called Utopia, which aimed to provide an operating system with WindowMaker and GNUStep. They are both great, but I personally thought they were lacking a good look&feel, that's what the project was about initially: improve the looks of both. But then I thought, why not go on? Maybe I could find someone who was able to create a web browser, instant messenger, etc... The goals of project are perfectly summarized in this two (incomplete) mockups: http://www.box.net/public/5vf0puyrnh I didn't know about Étoilé, but when browsing the web trying to find GNUstep apps and so on I finally ended up on the Étoilé project website. Someone had thought about it first and it wasn't vaporware, it wasn't dead. I didn't want to reinvent the wheel, and probably both projects had much more similarities than differences. So I contacted Nicolas and now I'm part of this. One of the mockups has been updated to match Étoilé, at least, somewhat, as I still don't know much about the whole thing. http://www.box.net/public/nmcnahy3g3 You can take a look there. There are two mockups: one, which is only possible with transparency enabled, and the other, without it. I'd like to know what you think of these mockups. I'd also like to know about two things: * Is there a plan to make different icon themes possible? (Tango) * Is ÉtoiléWildMenus themeable? I have taken a look at the CVS snapshot, and it seems if you want to replace the theme you have to overwrite files. Maybe it could be integrated with Camaelon for easier theme-ability? What I want to provide to this project is great looks and great usability, together with Alexander (who designed the theme you see on the mockups-if you are using WindowMaker, you might want to check this: http://www.box.net/public/goup4ndx46). Cheers, Alex _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
