[ubuntu-art] Dust menubar evolution

[Giuseppe Pennisi]

Il giorno lun, 29/09/2008 alle 09.09 +0200, Jesper Lundgren ha scritto:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Rico Sta. Cruz
> <dropbox at ambiescent.com> wrote:
>         
>         Hi everyone.
>         
>         Just wanted to show you guys the recent unreleased
>         developments on this
>         theme.
>         
>         1) Light toolbars
>         The toolbars are going to be light by default. The dark,
>         menu-integrated
>         toolbars will still be used by browser- and viewer-type
>         applications where
>         the entire area below the toolbars is dedicated to content
>         (i.e.: Firefox,
>         Nautilus, Eye of Gnome, Evince...)
>         
>            http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9896/dusttoolbarko0.png
>         
>         Rationale: Aside from the fact that the dark toolbars cause
>         problems on
>         certain apps, I wanted to create a distinction between types
>         of
>         applications, while still staying visually coherent. If you
>         look at OSX,
>         there are certain apps that use a different look (brushed
>         metal) from the
>         rest, but the interface still manages to be solid.
>         
>         2) Light version.
>         Just tryin' it out. Here's "Sand":
>         
>            http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4532/dustsand2ks2.png
>         
>         3) New scrollbars!
>         Okay, I'm sure there will be vehement reactions to this. Bear
>         with me as
>         scrollbars are *hard* to design: you can never be sure they
>         will look good
>         everywhere! With that out of the way, here they are:
>         there are certain apps that use a different look (brushed
>         metal) from the
>         
>         
>         http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6352/dustnewscrollbarsfj4.png
>         
>         
>         Comments welcome.
>         
>         
>         This looks great!, The option of having lighter theme but
>         still being coherent is great for people that uses laptops and
>         have to turn down the brithness. Dark themes can be a bit
>         dificult to have then. I do think though that the last
>         scrollbars were great, they have a deeper look then the ones
>         on your new screenshots.
> 
> //Jesper 
> 
> 
I agree, expecially for light theme...I have already tell about it in
Naxos thread. Only a consideration about light theme, why not use the
same metacity buttons of dark theme?

gp