[ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

[Rico Sta. Cruz]

Hey guys. Sorry to resurrect an almost-dying thread, but the Dust theme just
got a few updates which might be interesting a few people. If anyone's been
disappointed about it before, maybe now's a good time to give it another
chance. Will really appreciate some constructive feedback.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme
http://dump.ambiescent.com/i/dust-september-7.png


Ken Vermette wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Rico Sta. Cruz
> <dropbox at ambiescent.com>wrote:
> 
>>
>> Is there any way we can get some GTK love on this theme? I'm currently
>> lost
>> at figuring out how to make the menubar have a gradient.
>>
>> The latest versions are always at:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme
>>
>>
>> -Rico S.
>>
>>
>> Kido Mariano wrote:
>> >
>> > I *tried* to implement the Dust theme using one of my other themes as
>> > base. Try it out:
>> >
>> > http://www.geocities.com/kid_orig/themer/Dust-0.tar.gz
>> > (requires Aurora engine installed)
>> >
>> > It's still a bit far from the mockup, and some apps have problems (most
>> > notably Firefox, due to quirks in the Aurora engine). Anyone care to
>> > help?
>> >
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> 
> I also read about your firefox issue. I found a fix in the SlickneSS theme
> involving "userchrome.css"; It should be in the Kin Dust theme, just
> replace
> the text colour in the file (bottom of file) with whatever colour you
> want.
> 
> For the menubar, if you use a pixmap, you can just use an image with any
> gradient you want. I reccoment SVG for excellent scaling.
> 
> I can get more detailed on these, but I really just reccomend downloading
> a
> could other themes with the sttributes you need, and then borrowing code.
> Kin Didymous has very similar features (It was inspired by Dust) so it has
> almost everythig you're already looking for. Mind you, it's kind of
> sloppily
> coded right now...
> 
> (GTK / Userchrome.css, I think)
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Kin%20Dust?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Human-Didymous.tar.gz
> 
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