Re: [ubuntu-art] Hanso Theme
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:16 PM, shadowh511 wrote: > @Smartboy, then install it :D (not intended to be a flame) > > it looks good w/o compoziting > > -- > Ubuntu FTW! > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > Limited hard drive space. I will leave it at that. ;) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hanso Theme
@Smartboy, then install it :D (not intended to be a flame) it looks good w/o compoziting -- Ubuntu FTW! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hanso Theme
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:52 AM, James Schriver wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 06:38 -0700, Smartboy wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:28 AM, James Schriver wrote: >> > On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 20:20 -0700, Smartboy wrote: >> > >> >> It reminds me of dark chocolate, and now I am craving it. :( >> >> >> >> Good work, though! It is a very good job! >> >> >> >> One thing from your screenshot, are there two different menubar >> >> backgrounds? >> >> >> >> smartboy >> >> >> > >> > Thank you very much for a response. The compression in the .jpeg lost >> > some detail, but they are both the same. >> > >> > http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/12767/screenshot_s32kXx.png >> > >> > Thanks again. :) >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-art mailing list >> > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >> > >> >> Ah, ok. How does the theme look without compositing? Depending on >> compositing is still bad right now, as not everyone can use it or want >> to use it. >> >> Smartboy >> > > Looks the same as far as I can see, absent blur > (gnome-terminal/notify-osd) and transparency. > > http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/12768/screenshot_4ZY47B.png > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > Just making sure. I don't use GNOME, so I can't test. :( Smartboy -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hanso Theme
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 06:38 -0700, Smartboy wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:28 AM, James Schriver wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 20:20 -0700, Smartboy wrote: > > > >> It reminds me of dark chocolate, and now I am craving it. :( > >> > >> Good work, though! It is a very good job! > >> > >> One thing from your screenshot, are there two different menubar > >> backgrounds? > >> > >> smartboy > >> > > > > Thank you very much for a response. The compression in the .jpeg lost > > some detail, but they are both the same. > > > > http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/12767/screenshot_s32kXx.png > > > > Thanks again. :) > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > Ah, ok. How does the theme look without compositing? Depending on > compositing is still bad right now, as not everyone can use it or want > to use it. > > Smartboy > Looks the same as far as I can see, absent blur (gnome-terminal/notify-osd) and transparency. http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/12768/screenshot_4ZY47B.png -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hanso Theme
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:28 AM, James Schriver wrote: > On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 20:20 -0700, Smartboy wrote: > >> It reminds me of dark chocolate, and now I am craving it. :( >> >> Good work, though! It is a very good job! >> >> One thing from your screenshot, are there two different menubar backgrounds? >> >> smartboy >> > > Thank you very much for a response. The compression in the .jpeg lost > some detail, but they are both the same. > > http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/12767/screenshot_s32kXx.png > > Thanks again. :) > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > Ah, ok. How does the theme look without compositing? Depending on compositing is still bad right now, as not everyone can use it or want to use it. Smartboy -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hanso Theme
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 20:20 -0700, Smartboy wrote: > It reminds me of dark chocolate, and now I am craving it. :( > > Good work, though! It is a very good job! > > One thing from your screenshot, are there two different menubar backgrounds? > > smartboy > Thank you very much for a response. The compression in the .jpeg lost some detail, but they are both the same. http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/12767/screenshot_s32kXx.png Thanks again. :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hanso Theme
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 6:46 PM, James Schriver wrote: > I'm in the process of developing a highly usable dark/hybrid theme for > Karmic. I've been using the theme for over a week and it's very usable > in it's current state. > > The focus of this theme is to make something a bit different from the > normal hybrid theme and demonstrate that brown can be beautiful while > still saying "Hey, is that Ubuntu?". A majority of all dark gtk themes > is that a majority are black/grey. This theme is a dark rich brown with > pronounced gradients on the toolbars. This may appear a bit obtrusive > to some but the effects will grow. A majority of sites (Google Docs, > Sprint, etc) use this type of gradient on their toolbars and it does > give a modern dimensional appeal to it. > > Another common issue I had was with darker themes, is that they looked > highly detailed with contrast during the day, but as the day grew on and > the lighting environment darkened, the dark themes became a bit bland > and washed out. I seem to have managed to mitigate that issue, at least > for my eyes. > > The metacity theme is a modification of DiMetacity, by Ken Vermette, one > the most talented artists to work with the Ubuntu community, > > I will make a Wiki page when I have some time, but overall it's mostly > complete. All trouble applications seems to work as well. > > Thanks to SiDi for the suggestion of darkening the menu_items and > lessening the gradients on the menubar. This proved to be a usability > issue over time as the window border was not as pronounced. The menubar > is now striped utilising murrine. > > Please report any bugs / suggestions. > > The code can be found at: > > https://code.launchpad.net/~dashua/+junk/Karmic-Themes > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > It reminds me of dark chocolate, and now I am craving it. :( Good work, though! It is a very good job! One thing from your screenshot, are there two different menubar backgrounds? smartboy -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
