[ubuntu-art] Dust theme 0.2.9

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen]

2009/1/23 Ricardo Mariano III <greasedbolt at gmail.com>

> Hey y'all.
> There have been almost no visual changes in Dust (and there may not be
> any more changes) since the 0.2 series came out, but I am announcing
> version 0.2.9. Highlights:
> * An xfwm4 theme.
> * Small update to scrollbars--I'm not sure if it's okay, so please
> comment. It's now white and somewhat bordered.
> * Lighter selected items text for inactive windows
> * Better dark color support. Try using #343330 for window background
> color.
> * A third point number! Looklooklook! zero point two *point nine*! XD
>
> Dust still requires the murrine-svn engine packaged in intrepid. When/if
> a newer engine makes it to Jaunty, we'll update the theme.
>
> Download at:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/DustTheme
>

I am wondering why you are requiring a non-standard Murrine version? On
Intrepid at least  the theme works fine if one replaces all "style" keywords
inside the 'engine "murrine"{}' sections with "profile".

Anyways, here are my reactions:

 * In applications with tabs, fx. GEdit, the active tab is too close to the
toolbar over it. This looks a bit cramped. I don't know if it is possible to
add 1 or 2 pixels of free space on top of GtkNotebooks...

 * The window bottom border appears too light to me. I would expect it to be
in the dark shade of the top. The active window could have a white highlight
at the bottom (like it has at the top)

 * It appears that you are using three shades of brown. The dark window
borders, the warm chestnut for menu highlights, and a grayish brown for the
scrollbars. I think you should stick to two shades of brown (and shades in
between those). My point is that I don't think the menu highlights go well
with the scrollbar colors. I am inclined to think that the menu highlights
need change.

 * I am split in my opinion about the scrollbars. There's something about
them that I really like, but then again it is as if they don't integrate
properly in apps like firefox and Gnome terminal. It just looks a bit out of
place... Here are some suggestions:
  - Maybe the slider bar can have a bit more the feel like the window
borders? Darker, harder reflections
  - I think that it is maybe the the groove that the scrollbar slider slides
in that looks out of place. It is original, but maybe cut back on the
originality to make it integrate better

 * The window resize handles in the bottom right corners of the apps. They
look nifty, but also a bit out of place... Maybe a bit slimmer and with a
very subtle outline/drop shadow... Hmmm I don't know.

Anyways, great work as always! Cheers,
Mikkel
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