[ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation
Kido Mariano
greasedbolt at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 15:50:31 BST 2008
On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 17:30 +0300, Peter Petrov wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Kido Mariano <greasedbolt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > I *tried* to implement the Dust theme using one of my
> other themes
> > as
> > > base. Try it out:
> > >
> > > http://www.geocities.com/kid_orig/themer/Dust-0.tar.gz
> > > (requires Aurora engine installed)
> > >
> > > It's still a bit far from the mockup, and some apps have
> problems (most
> > > notably Firefox, due to quirks in the Aurora engine).
> Anyone care to
> > > help?
> >
>
>
> I've updated the theme, taking most of your comments into
> consideration.
> The download link is still the same.
> Here's a screenshot:
> http://www.geocities.com/kid_orig/themer/Screenshot.png
>
>
> This looks great, but is the dependence on the Aurora engine really
> necessary? It's not in Ubuntu's repositories, and is unlikely to be
> added, which will prevent your theme from being included (if not
> default). Can it be reimplemented with Murrine SVN and/or Clearlooks
> instead?
>
I'm well aware of this. Aurora isn't my engine of choice, either (though
it does look pretty :D), but I'd like to make it look really close to
the mockup before we start deviating. If I get some time again I'll try
to do this in Clearlooks/Murrine.
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