On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Sergio <secipolla(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, Jayson.
I think that your suggested modifications look nicer (
http://jaysonr.fedorapeople.org/pictures/xfce_screenshots/f17_alt_a.png ),
although the xfwm theme that comes with the spin is nice too.
I agree, that Nodoka looks nice, it just looks dated. I think it's
been around since Fedora 8 or 9.
My biggest nags w/ the default layout are the borders around the clock
and notification area - not sure why they bother me so :)
Same for the App menu logo.
Personally, I think that Adwaita is a good GTK theme to use on the
spin if
only because it's from GNOME and so it works properly (GTK3 up to now keeps
braking themes). I don't use it, I use MediterraneanNight (from
gnome-look.org ) because it has options for window background that ain't
white.
I agree 100% on Adwaita. Although I like the darker look/feed of
Greybird, I know it's an acquired taste for sure.
I also think that the panel width should be kept as it is; 24px can
be small
for some people.
Interesting thought...GNOME 2 had 24px panels by defualt, and I don't
know that I'd ever seen anyone grow them to 30(+)...but I'd honestly
never thought of 24px being too small. Good point though.
The second panel is also there so people are inspired to
play with the panel capabilities. I use it for launchers in auto-hiding mode
(try using a 1024x768 screen like me).
I can see that use for it...*if* on autohide (Xubuntu has a
transparent bottom panel on autohide to mimic a 'dock').
Once I wrote to Christoph Wickert about adding a matching icon theme
for
Claws mail but it must be packaged, so there's this limitation too.
The Elementary Icon Theme has a nice mail icon that Claws picks up.
Personally I think the spin is very good. It's lightweight and
brings only
what one needs to start (more on this below).
I don't think the looks is that important. If the default look was so bad we
would report a bug upstream so they would fix it.
I agree 100%. It doesn't look 'bad' at all, just trying to think of
ways to add polish.
The most important thing I see now is to replace GDM and whatever
GNOME
stuff that ain't strictly necessary for the system (like NetworkManager,
which works well and should be kept, IMO).
I agree there as well. I'm looking forward to LightDM in F18 (assuming
that's still the plan).
Thanks so much for your comments Sergio!
--
-jayson