[ubuntu-art] Ideas

[François Degrave]

Michael McKinley wrote:
> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:51 AM, José Luis Ricón <artirj at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> IMHO, Intrepid theme should have:
>> 1.Borderless windows
>> 2.Integrated window decorator(MacOSX style/KDE 4)
>> 3. New Wave style menus,they look k00l.
>> 4. A new style of buttons.
>>
>>
>> ;:)
>>     
>
> I'm not a huge fan of *completely* borderless windows.  While it works
> fine when the windows have shadows, on computers that don't support
> Compiz, it can be hard to tell where the windows start and end.  I do
> like the idea of the integrated window decorator.  One thing that I
> would add to your list is monochromatic notification area icons.  It
> looks elegant, and is one of the things that really caught be eye in
> mockups like New Wave and Union.
>
> I'm not exactly sure what you mean by the New Wave-style menus.  If
> you mean that the highlight/selection effect in the menubar blends
> into the menu itself, then I like it too.  Otherwise, could you please
> clarify?
>   
He means that one: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/NewWave
which has monochromatic notification area icons!

Cheers,

François