On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:18:38 +0000 Tiago Marques <tiagomnm@...> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:13 PM, /dev/ammo42 > <mickeytintincolle@...>wrote: > > > 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 1) New backgrounds - Our defaults are out of date and I don't 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). > > > > > > 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. > > > > These are quite bad for desktop use, IMHO. Crystal SVG is cartoonish > but it's icons have a low amount of detail, which are nice at all > sizes and readable, symbolic in a way. Just look at the home and > Firefox icons in Crystal Project: way too much bling causes too much > "visual noise" in someting that sould be merely symbolic of it's > function. I agree on these two icons being too detailed (although I actually use the home icon in my "Small" kicker bar) but most others are good IMHO. > > Best regards, > Tiago > > > > > > > > 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 > > > >