> > I *tried* to implement the Dust theme using one of my other themes > as > > base. Try it out: > > > > http://www.geocities.com/kid_orig/themer/Dust-0.tar.gz > > (requires Aurora engine installed) > > > > It's still a bit far from the mockup, and some apps have problems (most > > notably Firefox, due to quirks in the Aurora engine). Anyone care to > > help? >
I've updated the theme, taking most of your comments into consideration. The download link is still the same. Here's a screenshot: http://www.geocities.com/kid_orig/themer/Screenshot.png On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 16:09 -0700, Dylan McCall wrote: > It looks good, I think, even without the gradients so far. I like the > dark brown highlight that you've thrown in for the window list, > although I think the text is pretty difficult to read above it right > now. > > I like the way that window buttons correspond very evenly to the > rounded titlebar corners. > > Hopefully gradients won't be too much of a problem. The title bar > looks fine without, but the toolbars and status bars are both really > begging for it. (Particularly the status bars). I've added the toolbar gradient, but I can't do the same for the status bars (I have no idea how). > > I found it fairly difficult to tell the difference between foreground > and background windows when just the title bars were visible. Fading > out the close button more (to the same extent as the text, more of > course if it already is), and adding that little glint of light off > the top (as in the mockup) may remedy that. I won't do this (yet) since I'm planning to redo the buttons to match the mockup. > > I'm not sure about the black menus, since these are foreground > content, and as a rule of thumb the Dust mockup has the foreground > content as dark on light. I am sure the kind fellow who did the mockup > has a thought to contribute there. The dark context menus make dark menubars work in OO.org and Firefox. :\ > > Nice work so far, Kido! Good luck with the rest; I love this theme :) > Thanks :) > > Bye, > -Dylan > > PS: Dust has almost replaced the PlanoLM + Clearlooks combo as the > theme on my laptop. > -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
