[ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

[Rico Sta. Cruz]

Hi Dylan!

Re: Menubar shadows:
It was there to accentuate the toolbars. I'm not sure about "working the
other direction," if you can expound on that (or do a paint-over mockup)
that'd help a lot. I'm also aware of windows having no menus, but with (or
without) toolbars and the gradient issue there. I anticipated this and
thought it don't look so bad at all.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3481/screenshot2wv3.png

Re: Nautilus status bar issue:
I'm aware of this myself as one of the drawbacks of a dark statusbar.
Similar behavior happens on other apps's statusbars (Gnumeric, File-roller,
etc) and I don't think neither me nor Kido (the people working on the theme)
know how to fix these at this point. Any help from GTK gurus would be
appreciated!

Re: Status bar gradient:
I also wanna see a gradient on the statusbar myself. Anyone know how to do
this?

Re: Light grey text on Epiphany address bar:
Similar behavior happens on Nautilus's address bar (press Ctrl+L). Again,
any help on fixing this issue would be great.

Re: Recolorable dark area:
Maybe in the future this can be something configurable via ~/.gtkrc (just
throwing ideas here), but at this point, it's fixed to be a darker shade of
the BG color for now. At the moment they're pixmap-based.


Dylan McCall wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> Sorry? I for one am delighted that you did! :)
> 
> The lighter colours definitely help here. It is less distracting and a
> bit smoother feeling as a result. Good to have highlights for all
> widgets when selected again (before there was no feedback when
> selecting checkboxes, buttons or the like). The highlights on the
> Murrine version are still the ugly dotted lines, though. Is it
> possible to get them more like in the Aurora theme?
> 
> Not sold on the shadows for the menu bar. For one thing, most shadows
> are working in the other direction, with a bit of shadow on the top
> but also much more shadow below and to the right. For another thing,
> the menu bar is not always there so we lose the shadow from time to
> time. I guess it could be argued that it is not a shadow, but then
> perhaps the gradient could be different so it doesn't feel like one.
> 
> This theme seems to play with spacing quite a bit, which is
> interesting. Noted here is a border area around the scrollbar, which
> you can see quite quickly in the Epiphany browser or gedit.
> I like the scroll bars in the Murrine theme. In particular, I love how
> it looks like a single object instead of having the buttons for arrows
> divided from the bar. This looks less distracting and a bit more
> logical. It would be less rough of a transition from this to that neat
> scrollbar concept where one drags from anywhere.
> 
> Speaking of borders, there is a glitch (and has been for a while) with
> the folder button at the bottom left with Nautilus in spatial mode.
> ("Always open in browser windows" unchecked in preferences).
> 
> Dark status bar is nice. Part of me wishes it would have a subtle
> gradient, but not so that it relies on being at the bottom of a
> window.
> 
> Address entry in Epiphany has a light grey text colour where it should
> be black. Perhaps this is Epiphany's fault, but may be worth looking
> into.
> 
> Suddenly I am wishing for colour choice with the dark areas. (Not just
> black to choose from). Can one of the theme colour choices possibly
> influence this?
> 
> Bye,
> -Dylan
> 
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