[ubuntu-art] dust is good

[Rico Sta. Cruz]

I did a quick fix to the borderless theme which should make it look more
elegant, while making it easier to resize. IMHO it'd be just as easy to
resize as the non-borderless version: the resize handles are just as big and
just as visible.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1547/dustborderbottomxa1.jpg
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme



Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen-2 wrote:
> 
> 2008/9/12 Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>:
>> Hi, I just installed dust from kwwii's community themes package and
>> have to say it is great. I still have a problem with invisible fonts
>> on the menu bar, but even with that minor glitch this is my favorite
>> theme from this development cycle so far.
>>
>> http://code.bearfruit.org/~matt/tmp/menu-bar.png
> 
> I'll join the choir :-) I've been dog fooding it for a week now and I
> still love it. Clean, professional, and original.
> 
> There are a few items (nothing we can't fix though) which I would
> change...
> 
>  * A subtle border around menus. Menus have a bit much of "flat black
> square"-feel to it. Some subtle borders would alleviate this
> 
>  * The highlight on the menu items. Make it extend over the entire
> menu entry. Right now now there is a small border around the selected
> item
> 
>  * Maybe (_maybe_) a more visible gradient on the selected menu items
> (this might break the subtle simplicity of the theme though, so it
> should be checked...)
> 
>  * Window titles needs to be centered to look properly in RTL languages
> 
>  * I like the Borderless metacity theme the most, it looks lighter and
> more elegant in my eyes. It is darn hard to resize the windows with
> the borderless variant though. Perhaps adding a bottom border for
> easier resizing? I think someone played with adding a subtle gradient
> on the bottom border... Maybe it was New Wave, Anton?
> 
>  * The scrollbars colors... They somehow confuse my 33% of the times I
> use them. My mind tells me that the slider is in the most light part
> of the scroll bar. This is especially in windows where the slider
> length is bigger than the free space in the scroll bar
> 
>  * The scrollbar look... I feel that the scrollbars without the
> endcaps and flat slider does not live up to the professionalism I feel
> the rest of the theme. It is hard to put precise words on this.
> Sorry...
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Mikkel
> 
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