Public bug reported: Ubuntu needs to improve and revamp its default Appearance theme.
A major weakness of Ubuntu is its lack of a well integrated and refined Appearance Theme. Much like the creation of the beautiful Ubuntu Font, Ubuntu needs to develop its own unique, fully-integrated Appearance Theme. The current lack of integration and bug-free presentation of the theme across applications impacts user enjoyment and use. For example, even with the default 10.04 LTS appearance theme of Ambiance, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Firefox don't correctly display menu items because the theme is too dark and obscures the lettering (please see attached image for a visual example). This is disappointing, but this sort of problem is prevalent throughout Ubuntu. One of the keys to Microsoft's success with Windows is that it has a fully-integrated and consistent Appearance Theme that all applications adopt. In addition, Ubuntu needs a default Theme that is not as dark. It needs to have more light in it, not be so drab. It also needs to do a better job to clearly contrast active and inactive windows. There are too many areas in Ubuntu where it is difficult to differentiate from an active tab and an inactive tab. With most themes, the tabs practically have the same appearance whether active or inactive. A better job needs to be done in "greying out" inactive tabs so as to better differentiate them from the "lit up" active tab in an application. There needs to be more contrast and better gradation of color throughout. It is these kinds of improvements that will dramatically improve the recognition, use, and enjoyment of Ubuntu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 1 19:47:39 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-panel ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747901 Title: Ubuntu needs a new, unique, refined Appearance Theme -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs