[ubuntu-art] Simple Hardy theme proposal: Orange Glossy (or Clearlooks)

[sylvain marc]

Good choice of colors !

2008/3/21, Greg K Nicholson <greg at gkn.me.uk>:
>
> Try this: in System → Preferences → Appearance → Theme → Customise:
>
> 1. set your Controls to Glossy (or alternatively, Clearlooks)
> 2. set your Window Border to Glossy (alternatively, Clearlooks; for the
> extra-conservative, Human)
> 3. change all the text colours to black
> 4. change selected items' background colour to #D98F34
> 5. change windows' background colour to #EDE7E1
> 6. leave input boxes' backgrounds white, and tooltips at their default
> colour
> 7. use whatever icon theme you like (Human will do)
> 8. imagine this as the default theme for Hardy
>
> (Step 8 is very important.)
>
> This theme complements Hardy's default wallpaper (and its simple
> variant) very nicely; it's a complete stylistic refresh from previous
> releases, but based on a mature engine; and it's doable *now* (you just
> did it, assuming you were playing along).
>
> (One minor downside: Ubuntu hardcodes an accent colour in system tray
> bubble notifications; its dark yellow clashes slightly with Glossy's
> orange tooltips. So either that bug would need to be fixed (the
> hardcoding part – the visual style needn't change) or Clearlooks
> controls would have to be used instead of Glossy.)
> --
> Greg K Nicholson
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