Elle writes: > >On my system the "light side of GIMP" theme and the current default > >GIMP theme are very close in tonality, with the "light side of GIMP > >theme being a tad lighter. Here's a screenshot showing the two themes > >side by side: > >http://ninedegreesbelow.com/bug-reports/gimp29/light-side-vs-default-small.jpg [ ... ] > >1. The "light side of GIMP" theme has a lot of darker tones in things > >like sliders, boxes for choosing parameters, the menu bar, and really > >just about everywhere. This makes for too little contrast between the > >sliders, boxes, etc and any contained text. It seems to me that a > >lighter shade of gray would make the text stand out better.
I should clarify that my comment about both light themes being too dark and lacking contrast referred to the darker #bdbdbd color that Elle mentions here, not the base #eeeeee color. The darker color predominates in the screenshots, including in areas where there's a lot of text to read. Black against #bdbdbd is a lot less contrasty and harder to read than what I currently see in GIMP 2.9 and earlier. Jehan writes: > I agree. Also do we want the theme to get rid of colors? If I were to > decide, I'd say no. For sliders for instance, I quite prefer this blue|white > colors to the white|grey proposed. I don't have strong feelings about the current blue/white sliders vs. the grey/white ones in the "lighter side" theme, though I find the 3D highlights in the "alternate light" sliders prettier and more professional looking than the flat ones (just a personal prejudice, I'll be fine using whatever GIMP ends up with). However, I'd be sorry to see the colors in the Toolbox icons go. I have a very hard time telling many of the icons apart already, even with color cues, and without color it'll be a lot harder. I know there are people who don't want color icons distracting them, but I don't think I'll be able to use these monochrome Toolbox icons, and that will probably drive me to a custom theme, and might drive some users away from GIMP if it's not easy to find alternate themes. ...Akkana