Here is another Aurora screenshot, this time I tweaked the gtkrc to make the scale handels look rubberized. I must say I like it quite a bit.
http://www.milkstreetmedia.com/misc/auroranblck.png I tried to pull of the same effect in clearlooks and nodoku, but it seems that Aurora is the only theme I've found so far who's scale handle colors don't also change the color of the trough. I'm still for Aurora. Its got lots of little touches that make it feel much more modern than clearlooks and other default themes. And don't forget that Hardy is almost 6 months off. If we choose to go with it now, we've got plenty of time to submit and fix bugs. I think it would be well worth the effort. I've also attached the gtkrc file if anyone wants to try it out and/or tweak it. On 11/2/07, Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/2/07, Jacob Padilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_dark_background_vs_readability/ > > > > > > I've read before about the poor accessibility of light text on dark > > background so I'm not really sure it's a good choice for a default theme. I, > > personally, think it looks cool and trendy but that doesn't make it a good > > decision for a default setting on a product with such a wide release. > > > I agree. > > As far as Aurora goes, it looks nice but if it's a resource hog then it > > too shouldn't be a default. If it's a resource hog then you have to ask > > yourself, "Why is it hogging resources? Is it calling a lot of different > > modules or something?" I guess what I'm trying to say is that with more > > bloat comes more bugs. > > > > Let me play the devil's advocate and point out that with 7.10 the system > requirements changed requiring a minimum of 384M of RAM + whatever is needed > by the video card if that applies to you. Hardy will be around for quite a > while and will be the platform future versions. I think its OK if we switch > to a theme that requires more horse power. (IMHO) > > Now that being said, Hardy will be supported for 3 years, twice the length > of 7.10... we don't want to choose something that in 14mo will be abandon > ware. (though by merit of being included as the default in Ubuntu, a project > will automatically gain wide notoriety) I think the time to make major > changes was with the 7.04 and 7.10 releases and maybe instead of changing > the theme engine for Hardy we should work on polishing what we're already > using. > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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