[ubuntu-art] Hardy GTK Theme

Sun Nov 4 22:11:17 GMT 2007

On 04/11/2007, Can K. <cank1090 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>That theme is so f*uckin' awesome! It's
> exactly what I'm talking about - a really nice theme, that can compete with
> Vista and OS X look, but doesn't copy them in any way, because it's
> something original and new. If you ask me, that's the direction to go!

I've sent an inquiry to Cimitan Andrea, author of Murrine, asking whether or
not it is feasible to add these features to Murrine, and whether he would be
interested in hacking on it himself, or we should do it (if he accepts
patches).

Cheers,
Mikkel

I must be honest and say that I have not seen anything yet that I think is
> > really original. Sorry guys.
> >
> > Some of the best mockups I've seen is an old collection of Neil J
> > Patels,
> > which can be seen here:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/29906893@N00/tags/avantthemeengine/ The
> > interesting thing is those diagonal reflections IMHO. I have not seen
> > that
> > anywhere else, and it looks quite nice.
> >
> > Observations from Neils mockups:
> >
> > * The subtle drop shadows on the widgets make them stand out really
> > nicely
> > - see http://www.flickr.com/photos/29906893@N00/382776014/
> >
> > * In the link above notice the diagonal reflections.
> >
> > * This progressbar looks really really good together with rest of the
> > theme: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29906893@N00/382776017/. The groove
> > in
> > which it expands could be better though.
> >
> > The theme engine is still not implemented though. It does however look
> > like
> > it should be easy to hack Murrine or Aurora to support those diagonal
> > reflections.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mikkel
> >
>
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