[ubuntu-art] Parametrisable colors for window borders, system icons and controls

[Sumit Chandra Agarwal]

I strongly agree. I'm going to repeat what I said on the wiki at: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/ColorOptionsforThemes

(seems like there's more action here on the list than in the wiki. I 
feel like the wiki could use a better commenting system)

This is in regards to a proposal to add one more color selection option, 
for 'accents':

I definitely like the idea BUT I think the accent option and all other 
color detail options should be tucked into a sub-page. For all its 
flaw's, I really do like Vista's color-picker. You can still go into the 
nitty-gritty to change colors of specific elements (ok, maybe in Vista 
this IS buried too deep) but mostly you just pick the basic overall 
color using a sort of 'master control'. This master control is 
intuitive, simple, and doesn't really let you select colors that would 
cause any usability issues. Perhaps GNOME could incorporate something 
like that where you just have 'hue' and 'color' (saturation) sliders and 
GNOME automatically maintains an appropriate neutral tone? Maybe a 
slider to select the master color and GNOME automatically generates 
complimentary and contrasting colors for details and accents? Simpler is 
better for the end-user, but the average user still appreciates some 
customizability

Glad to be a part of the list,
-Sumit

François Degrave wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I think a new theme which would provide Ubuntu a fresher look would be 
> really useful. However, orange - and brown - are not always the colors 
> people prefer, and even if it was the case, most people like to change 
> the look of the system after a while.
>
> I would suggest the whole theme should be parametrisable. The user 
> should be able to choose (within 3 clicks...) not only the color of the 
> window borders, but also the color of the system icons and controls.
>
> For the moment, the problem is that in order to change the look of the 
> system, the user has to choose another theme than Human (which is the 
> most clean one, but not parametrisable), and then search the internet 
> for icon themes that would match his desires, when parametrisable colors 
> for windows, system icons and controls would make that task easy as can be.
>
> Cheers,
>
> François
>
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