2012/1/15 /dev/ammo42 <mickeytintincolle@...>: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:08:17 -0500 > Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> 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't work for us. A new >> default theme or such is not advisable. Users won'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't need >> drastic revision, instead they need careful changes to help reflect >> our goals. Speed simplicity and customization are my top priorities. >> >> What do we need to improve? My vote is this >> >> 1) New backgrounds - Our defaults are out of date and I don't really 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). Link to wallpaper packet I wrote about: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26010362/Trinity-wallpapers.txz All photos are mine and licensed under CC:BY-NC-SA >> >> 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? >> >> 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 > I think Crystal Project icons > (http://www.everaldo.com/crystal/?action=preview) could be a good theme > to add. It is designed by Everaldo Coehlo (as is Crystal SVG) and I > think of it as an improved Crystal SVG, without the cartoonish/XPish > look of the latter. >> >> 4) Styles - I would like to see Plastik expanded by including more >> options, especially to remove stippled drawing on the tabs. any >> thoughts? >> >> 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. >> >> Calvin Morrison > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@... > Read list messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting >