[ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen]

Most Important things first (in random order):

1) I generally think we should avoid pixmap themes all together. They bring
my box to its knees :-S, I will not comment on them here.

2) I think that all included themes should have some kind of Ubuntu feel to
it. Not entirely brown or orange necesarily, but maybe a hint... In some
cases green can do the trick too.

3) I think we should put suggestions on some wikipages

4) Please put screenshot links in your mails/wikipages like bvc just did

5) Suggesting a wallpaper in the theme is a nice to touch to make a complete
experience. I think all themes should do that [1].

6) A theme should not be included just because its cool. It should
compliment the other themes nicely, providing a coherent set of _different_
themes.

Now for some comments:

> *BVC on 01/05/2006*
> Smooth Blended
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=35841<http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=35841>
> screenshot
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre1/35841-1.png<http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre1/35841-1.png>
> these look good with the BlendedSmallSquare metacity theme, as seen in the
screenshots above

There is a problem with the metacity theme in that screenie (which I also
encountered with SandSkater) - namely that window borders without buttons
show an "empty" button where buttons would have been. You can check this
with the metacity-theme-viewer command under the "Buttons Layout" tab.
One more problem you have in Firefox and OOo where the menubar text is not
white (but black) making it hard to read (and inconsistent with the rest of
the desktop) - I had the exact same problem in SandSkater too.

Besides these to things I really like the Smooth-* themes...

Specifically on Smooth9, I think it might do good with a little more
contrast for my olde eyes, using the flat metacity theme it might do good as
a "flat" theme (again like SandkSkater). The green color could do it as the
"Ubuntu touch" to me.

> For metacity themes I'll again be bias and suggest;
> Unity
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=32167<http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=32167>
> screenshots
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre1/32167-1.png<http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre1/32167-1.png>
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre2/32167-2.png<http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre2/32167-2.png>
>
> SystemGXF
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=32169<http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=32169>
>screenshot
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre1/32169-1.png<http://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre1/32169-1.png>

Regarding the metacity themes Unity and and System*, I think that the
buttons in Unity are to flat. The System* themes look more profesional.

[1]: See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/ThemingTricks on how to do
that.
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