[ubuntu-art] hardy gtk theme

[Andrew Laignel]

Andrew Laignel wrote:
>
>>> Previously I worked on a design and it might give some new idea for 
>>> Hardy now.
>>> http://szerencsefia.googlepages.com/DarkCaramel_nautilus.png/DarkCaramel_nautilus-full.jpg 
>>>
>>> Comments?
>
> While I do like the theme I do not think going fully dark is a good 
> idea.  Just the title bar, as was in a screenshot in this thread 
> already (I cant find it though), looks good but the whole window is a 
> bit full on and a bit contraversial for a default theme.  It also may 
> have problems with icons that are designed for a light background 
> causing them to either not be properly visible (dark icon on a dark 
> background) or with a jaggy light edge if the icons only use a 1 bit 
> alpha channel.
>
> I think one of the most important criteria for judging the new theme 
> should not be how many people like it, but rather how many people hate 
> it.  The main reason for the excessive light blues/greys in themes on 
> other platforms is to create something that is light, airy and 
> neutral. Anything that is too stylized or funky is likely to polarize 
> people into the love it/hate it camps when its better to have everyone 
> more neutral.
>
> Not that we should be boring, not at all, but I think avoiding 
> anything that is radical or too fundamentally different would be a 
> good idea and you can create nice work while sticking to this 
> principle - OSX is a perfect example.  That being said I am running 
> Ubuntu on my laptop now and the only theme that I don't think is 
> horrible is Clearlooks.  It would be nice to have 3 or so really nice 
> themes (such as this one) people could pick if they wanted something 
> different.
>
> I think also pre-choosing 12 or so different ultra-high quality 
> wallpapers would be a good idea.  There are many art sites (such as 
> Deviantart.com) that are choc full of talented people who would 
> probably be more than happy to have their work showcased in such a 
> high profile environment.  I was slightly disappointed that there was 
> only a couple in Ubuntu, and they seemed to be mainly dark based.
>
> While on the subject maybe (unless it already exists) we should make 
> somewhere all the current mockups could be stored on the net in a 
> gallery form so it's easy to look over them again?  The old postings 
> seem to get lost in time and forgotten about.
>