[ubuntu-art] Silicon theme updated

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen]

2006/5/5, bvc <bvcmdk at yahoo.com>:
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> *Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <mikkel.kamstrup at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> I've updated the icons for the Silicon theme to an Ubuntu-tailored version
> of Tango-Aluminum, namely Tango-Silicon. The icons fall back to Human before
> of Tangerine (and then Tango) since the Human icons are more in style with
> the whole theme.
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> Screenie: http://grillbar.org/Silicon/Silicon.png
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> Theme (metacity+gtk): http://grillbar.org/Silicon/Silicon-0.4.tar.bz2
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> Icons: http://grillbar.org/Silicon/Tango-Silicon.tar.bz2
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> Wallpaper: http://grillbar.org/Silicon/ubuntu-silicon.png (put it in
> /usr/share/wallpapers for the theme to automagically pick it up)
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> Wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/Silicon
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> I would like to propose Silicon for Dapper inclusion. I feel that is
> complete and consistent, and will have a broad user base (roughly the ones
> that use the silver theme in Windows XP). Also, it is quite different in
> feel from the warm stock Human theme.
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> Like the wallpaper in the metatheme addition. Didn't know we could do
> that.
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Look at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/ThemingTricks. I'm sure you can
chip in with a few words of wisdom on that page - your theme-fu is better
than mine ;-P


> As I've said before, I think this should be one of the three community
> themes. I'd only suggest darkening the progressbar, and lightening the range
> trough, so that the color is more consistent. Great job! Although, I have
> never understood square windows with round themes.
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I'll look into fine tuning these colors to see if I can make it better.
About the square windows; I was using the rounded one to start with, but
somehow they just felt wrong. No deep philosophy - it just didn't feel right
(to me).


On a side, I find it interesting that you note the slownesss of other
> metacity themes, while submitting a slow theme that is 99.99(% based on
> one you said was slow. I'm sure there was a logical reason for it though, so
> there's no reason to discuss it here, I guess.
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I am very aware of this. The really short story is that I figured Human set
the bar for acceptable speed - but we still need lighter themes, don't get
me wrong. And still - it is a skajillion times faster than a pixmap theme on
my box. Anyways, feel free to mock me about double-standards ;-P


Cheers,
Mikkel
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