[ubuntu-art] Intrepid Ibex Theme

[Dylan McCall]

> Someone made a flesh-and-bone GDM theme based off of the mock-up, and it has
> a rounded corner, too:
> http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Intrepid+Ibex+GDM?content=86712
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The GDM mockup that guy made has a striking resemblance to New Wave,
>> so this may not be as far off as we assume. One issue with the mockup
>> is that it is hoping for rounded corners at the bottom of windows, but
>> there is no border to acomodate this. That can be overcome by having a
>> thicker bottom border, which is a good idea anyway for easily resizing
>> the window.
>>
>> Forcing a round corner without adding a Metacity window border to
>> accommodate it (if it was possible within today's infrastructure,
>> which I do not believe is so) would need to cut off actual content. We
>> don't want that. MPlayer users, for example, would kill us.
>>
>> Ideally, I think window decoration themes should be superceded by GTK
>> container widgets, which may afford us some interesting control along
>> these lines. Until then - if that is even possible or remotely
>> desirable, which is iffy - ... it wouldn't be looking like the mockup.
>>
>> I think the colour scheme is pretty decent, though, and I appreciate
>> that this mockup keeps the actual software intact. There are some nice
>> ideas in here :)
>> Oh, cool background, too. And that wifi icon is actually useful; it
>> takes the extra step of actually using an antenna to describe what the
>> signal strength bars represent, which is Really Important yet
>> strangely never done. (Even in those operating systems that spend
>> millions on usability testing).
>>
>> Bye,
>> -Dylan
>>
>> PS: *Sniff* *Sniff* I smell HTML!

Oops, I totally misorganized my thoughts there. When I mention "the
mockup" with rounded borders, I mean the one with a full desktop, not
the GDM mockup. In fact, I only meant the GDM mockup when I was
mentioning New Wave, then completely forgot about it :/

Sorry!

Bye,
-Dylan