Bluecurve Window Control Colors

[Marky Goldstein]

By the way, about the trends in "common sense" again...
I believe the general trend ("fashion") is
curves, round edges, shadows, 3d, animations, consistency,
simplicity and transparency... where it does cover also
usefullness. those features should not be used in useless
way...

greets,
marky



Marky Goldstein wrote:

> Hi Trae,
>
> Yes, I still prefer the curved version. But honestly I guess
> Gnome should offer curved and square versions inside
> one theme. Multiple themes make more people happy than
> just one. Etc. Freedom of choice is what makes Linux
> strong.
>
> Best regards,
> Marky
>
>
> Trae McCombs wrote:
>
>> http://occy.net/tmp/bs.png  <--- THIS is what the end-result is supposed
>> to look like.  I can't seem to finish up the final touches, that's why
>> what I have is in limbo and NOT a finished product. :)  I don't know
>> enough about metacity themes to complete it. :(
>>
>> I didn't know why exactly I wanted the squared off versions and now I
>> think I do.  Now I want it to be squared off so that it better matches
>> the GTK Bluecurve theme.  While you guys want the gtk theme curved, I
>> simply want a squared version of the metacity theme.
>>
>> So anyway, to finish things up should be easy for someone that knows
>> about metacity themes.  If someone wants to make my day... feel free to
>> finish up the "Bluesquared" theme. :) 
>> Trae
>>
>> On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 21:31, stevelist at silverorange.com wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Quoting Trae McCombs <occy at occy.net>:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Is this where I am supposed to complain that we need to have
>>>> "Bluesquared" as an optional theme? (and completed ;)      
>>>
>>> Trae,
>>> While what you have here is certainly well executed, I don't think 
>>> it addresses
>>> the original reasons for the redesign of the Bluecurve window 
>>> controls. If I may
>>> have a go at paraphrasing, I understand the new controls were 
>>> intented to
>>> preserve the over-all shape and outline of the window.
>>>
>>> Also, your square version of the bluecurve controls still (I think) 
>>> suffers from
>>> my criticism at the origin of this thread, that the controls don't 
>>> look as much
>>> like UI elements (chrome/metal) as I think they should.
>>>
>>> If anything, I'd like to see more "curve" and less "blue" :-)   I'd 
>>> love to see
>>> subtle rounded corners on all the currently square controls 
>>> (buttons, tabs,
>>> pull-downs, etc. Perhaps I'll try to mock that up to see if it's 
>>> worthwhile.
>>>
>>> Steven Garrity
>>>   
>>
>
>


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