[ubuntu-art] murrine in intrepid

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen]

2008/5/30 Emrah Ünal <eunall at gmail.com>:

> Hi there
>
> A while ago, I made another hybrid (pixmap-clearlooks) theme, with
> darker colors, called "Sauna-Dark":
>
> http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Sauna-Dark?content=80633
>
> Appearently it's been liked by many people. Check the colors I used on
> screenshot attached (modified/based on a suggestion from a user
> comment), some may find it inspiring.
>
> In fact, I don't find dark themes as useful as "traditional" themes, but
> many people do, if you check the download counters of such themes on
> gnome-look.org or art.gnome.org ...
>
>
Disregarding that I don't like the heavy brown of the screenshot it is one
of the most interesting items I have seen on this list in a long while. It
contains some very cool elements that I feel the urge highlight :-)

 * You hit the matte-and-not-glossy style spot on. Gotta love it.

 * The very subtle texture on the background works very well. It gives to
the overall matte-feeling of the theme as well as making the buttons stand
out a tad more.

 * The tiny shadow behind the buttons (and other widgets) really gives a
tangible feel to the theme. On hover this shadow turns into a glow - nice.
Afaik no ordinary theme engine can do this (ie pixmap only)..? I think that
Cimi mentioned that Aurora could this but it was a hack... Hmmm

 * In addition to the vertical gradient present in many themes there is a
central horizontal gradient too. I think this also contributes to the matte
feeling.

 * The danger of the very tangible buttons is that other ui elements may
seem dull in comparison. See for example the tabs which appear a bit flat.

Cheers,
Mikkel
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