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

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Friday 01 February 2008 16:04:53 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.

I think that this is a very interesting idea but it would be quite a feat to 
pull off, not to mention it being so late in the cycle. I would suggest 
adding this as a blueprint for hardy+1. We'd need more than artwork to 
accomplish this so having things well planned and defined will make it much 
more likely to happen.

> 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