Hi On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Shaffer <lar...@dakotacarto.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Since adding back the old default as a 'classic' theme choice is fairly > straightforward, only taking about an hour to do, I suggest the following: > It isn't done for a couple of weeks. > > Here's my reasoning. If we are all looking at only the new default theme and > helping develop that into a complete and cohesive look for 2.0, then those > who are working on it will benefit greatly by the entire dev community's > focus. > > I also think Robert's and other's reworking of the default icon set to > address color and useability concerns needs the full focus and support of > the community for it to have a good chance at success. If right before GUI > freeze (~ 2 weeks), the new theme is assessed and there is still a > consensus, or maybe a vote, that there should be a second project-supported > choice, then the 'classic' theme can readily be put back in. > > Please let me know what you think of that approach.
My 2c. I was also hesitant about switching to the new GIS theme - I have ~ten years of using the old theme so it was hard to make the switch. However the last few months I have been using exclusively the GIS theme and I must say you will get used to it and start to appreciate it for its visual consistency. I think there are a lot of benefits to having only one theme - some of which Larry had described above. Also we will have less 'stuff' in our source tree, QGIS will be readily identifyable in screenshots, screencasts and publications etc - it will go a long way to creating a unified image and brand for our project. Sure I would like the colours on the icons to be a little brighter and there are probably other things that can be improved, but I think having one officially maintained and supported icon set makes a lot of sense. Regards Tim > > Regards, > > Larry > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Don't be sorry, everyone's opinion should be heard. I have mixed >> feelings, the old theme seems to kidish but the new one is too gray. >> Now is a good time to look at which icons are causing the most issues >> and revamp them. >> >> Sent from some fancy phone looking thingo >> From: Régis Haubourg >> Sent: 16/04/2013 6:06 PM >> To: qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Icon theme update >> Larry_S wrote >> > Some time ago, devs voted to move to the 'gis' theme as the default, >> > i.e. >> > not just the one selected by default but also the only theme supported >> > by >> > the project. Even after this update, you may notice the icons are still >> > hodge-podge with inconsistent ones needing work. Due to lack of >> > developers >> > to maintain multiple project-supported themes, it is best to have only >> > one, >> > so that a concerted effort can be made to keep it complete and cohesive. >> > >> > Does mean that we can use themes in QGIS 2.0? >> >> >> > >> > No theme support code was removed, only the gis theme condensed upon the >> > current default (because many default icons are still used) and old >> > project >> > themes removed. However, there has been talk of removing all theme >> > support, >> > but I can't speak to the state of that decision. >> > >> > I like to revive my nkids theme for QGIS 2.0 as option for Mac OS X >> >> QGIS, is this possible? >> >> >> > >> > I'm not entirely sure, but to use a different theme than the default, >> > you >> > will need to add it to the appropriate source directories, edit the .qrc >> > files and compile the source again. For example, nkids has been in the >> > source themes directory for awhile, but not choose-able in the gui >> > because >> > it is not been made part of compiled-in resource system. >> > >> > I did add some code to push any old saved theme choice over to the new >> > default, so if you did add a revamped nkids theme, maybe considering >> > giving >> > it a new name as well. >> >> Hi Larry, >> it's a total surprise to me, since I thought I was following list >> intensivly. I remember voting against gis theme, but majority did choose >> as >> default. That's fine, I'm OK with the vote. But I was thinking having the >> choice to switch back to classic theme ! >> I submitted both themes to users and all of them in my corp wanted to keep >> classical one. By myself, I really have visual difficulties with gis theme >> (to much blue-grey, very few pixels to distinguish functions, overly >> complicated icons..) >> Moreover, I must say I've not been able to fund anything for months in >> QGIS >> project due to the lack of visibility. Please think of us and let us see >> more clearly where we can help the projects. >> >> Sorry for that message, but these last minute surprises really starts to >> be >> a problem to me. >> >> Régis >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Icon-theme-update-tp5047106p5047184.html >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. 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