Hello Everyone,<br><br>For a while I have been pondering the cosmetic and artwork related changes we should try and work on for R14. Unlike most projects, we are rather nostalgic, so going flat out new won&#39;t work for us. A new default theme or such is not advisable. Users won&#39;t like it. I think we should instead focus on creating an improved R14 style. A theme consists of: Backgrounds, Color Schemes, Fonts, Icons, Window Decorations, Widget Styles, and Screensavers. These don&#39;t need drastic revision, instead they need careful changes to help reflect our goals. Speed simplicity and customization are my top priorities. <br>
<br>What do we need to improve? My vote is this<br>
<br>1) New backgrounds - Our defaults are out of date and I don&#39;t really like them, Every new release should see some fresh artwork. Users can keep the old one if the prefer it. These need to be pleasant to view and also look modern. (not to glossy though).<br>

<br>2) Improved Window Decorations - I am not a fan of plastic. I am a fan of the KDE2 window decoration. Either way we should set about making sure the default on is in tip top shape and has max configuration. Should we keep plastic as our default deco?<br>

<br>3) Icons - I think we are OK with these. Some icons may need to be looked over in our crystal svg set. I want to maximize visual efficiency of our icons. Some may be unclear or hard to see at different sizes. This should be lo <br>

<br>4) Styles - I would like to see Plastik expanded by including more options, especially to remove stippled drawing on the tabs. any thoughts?<br><br>I think we should start thinking about this now, since this release will be mostly bug fixes, changes like this could also be slipped in.<br>
<br>Calvin Morrison<br>