[ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

[julian]

..on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 02:02:12AM -0400, Arjuna Navaratna wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Michael McKinley <m.mckinley at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Nicholas Kraak <lostoverthere at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Most the comments from the theme so far have been "that looks like OSX"
> >>> and
> >>> "that's not Ubuntu." Here's something to address that, I think. Might I
> >>> suggest an alternate color scheme which would be more Ubuntu-like:
> >>>
> >>>   http://dump.ambiescent.com/i/dust-color-1a.png
> >>>   http://dump.ambiescent.com/i/dust-color-1b.png
> >>
> >>
> >> Looks good, might I suggest though, changing that pressed in tab on the
> >> second screenshot (where it says "rsc") to a lighter, fresher orange (eg;
> >> *#FC9523*). Many of the people who dislike the current pallet rather
> >> orange over brown.
> >>
> > I disagree.  I like the way the reddish-brown looks with the black.  I
> > think a bright orange would look out-of-place.
> >
> 
> Yeah the reddish brown looks much better. If you're trying to add more color
> why not on the scroll bars. Orange would look much nicer than the dull grey
> it is right now. Also, the selected items color can be an orange too. I've
> set mine to *#FCB852* and the contrast with the dark titlebars and window
> borders is quite nice.

screenshot for the benefit of the record? maybe you could propose a
'Bright Dust'?

what i sincerely like about the direction of Dust is just how much it
gets out of the way. i would be wary of adding too much colour, too many
highlights. i don't want to be noticing my DE all the time so much as
using it. moreso, the contents of windows should be given graphic
prevalence, rather than the design that hosts them. this implies an
somewhat 'muted' colour palette IMHO.

cheers,

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