[ubuntu-art] hardy gtk theme

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen]

On 07/11/2007, Andreas Nilsson <nisses.mail at home.se> wrote:
>
> Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> > On 07/11/2007, *Andreas Nilsson* <nisses.mail at home.se
> > <mailto:nisses.mail at home.se>> wrote:
> >
> >     Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> >     > On 07/11/2007, *Troy James Sobotka* <troy.sobotka at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:troy.sobotka at gmail.com>
> >
> >     >
> >     > I somewhat agree with you. I think Tango is great, but I don't
> think
> >     > that it is "Ubuntuish" in any way.
> >     Hi Mikkel!
> >
> >
> > Hi Andreas! :-)
> >
> > I guess the elegance I am looking for is something like (this goes for
> > both icons+gtk+metacity):
> >
> >  * Touch of realism (not naturalism)
> >  * Simplicity
> >  * Minimal number of distinct features, both on a per-icon level and
> > the desktop as a whole
> >  * Something that you will instantly recognize as Ubuntu
> >
> > Where I feel Tango takes another direction is specifically in points 1
> > and 4.
> Give me some time and I'll do some experiments and see what I can come
> up with.
> Ideally it would be great to have something that looked very
> distinctive, but didn't stick out like a sore thumb from the rest of the
> desktop.


+1. Looking forward to see what you conjure  :-)

> I just want to throw in a frequently found thing in mockups around the
> > web. Monochrome notification icons. Like the ones I attached. I think
> > it is a great way to reduce the visual clutter. Perhaps we could use
> > it even more extensively than that - maybe replace a some of the "less
> > important icons" throughout the desktop with monochrome versions. That
> > could be alternative solution instead to disabling all icons in menus.
> I think this is a cool idea and it was something that Lasse, Kenneth and
> myself discussed last week as well.
> We need a good solution on how to handle Pidgin status in monochrome
> though. mpt was going to show me how Adium solved it, but we ran out of
> time. :/
> We also need a good technical solution on how to solve this. Should the
> notification area pick up it's own set of icons? Or if we just replace
> them in our theme, how do we solve it for banshee/rhythmbox that tends
> to just stick their app icon in the notification area (and yes, that is
> kind of a ugly behavior)?


Yes, the technical aspects concern me (let me think about them) . I think it
is a good policy to try and enforce a monochrome systray at least.

Then we could simply compile a cynical list of "important" vs "less
important" icons and use monochrome (or low contrast) icons for them
throughout the rest of the desktop.

Cheers,
Mikkel
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