User Interface Congruence

[Jason Benjamin]

Hopefully, some of these changes are met and I worry sometimes that 
Ubuntu will look even sloppier once it completely stops using Gnome.  
Will Ubuntu move to only using Gtk 3 applications?  What about all the 
Launchpad user contributions?

Check out this discussion: Thoughts on Gtk Qt and convergance 
<http://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/thoughts-on-gtk-qt-and-convergance/531/5>


On 09/11/2016 05:22 PM, Jason Benjamin wrote:
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> QT --
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> Unless you include themes (example) with Ubuntu:
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> http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?section=&global=1&q=kde+ambiance+theme
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> http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?section=&global=1&q=kde+radiance+theme&offset=0
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> On 09/06/2016 02:16 PM, Jason Benjamin wrote:
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>> BUMP.
>>
>> Okay, overlay scrollbars can be turned off with deconf,  but Qt still 
>> doesn't match the theme.
>>
>> I made a similar post here one time, with no answer: ubuntuforums.org 
>> <https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2248622&p=13144512#post13144512>
>>
>> Apparently it could be a lot of themes, but I found this link: 
>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1518404#p1518404
>>
>> On 09/03/2016 10:31 AM, Jason Benjamin wrote:
>>> After testing Ubuntu Xenial Xerus, I'd wanted to check out how Gtk 3 
>>> interfaces blend with the other desktop libraries in the software 
>>> repositories.  I was very let down.
>>>
>>> Gtk 2 interfaces still use overlay scrollbars which noticeably clash 
>>> with the Gtk 3 applications.  LibreOffice draws with Swing using a 
>>> Gtk 2 style, which looks bad too.  This can be changed to Gtk 3 
>>> using Synaptic, but the some of the icon controls are obscured by 
>>> the dark color of the default theme. Eclipse, which is written in 
>>> SWT, uses Gtk 2 also, even though it's been Gtk 3 capable for a good 
>>> amount of time.  WxWidgets is compiled for Gtk 2, even though it can 
>>> be compiled for Gtk 3 support.
>>>
>>> Qt whatever the version is, is not themed like the Gtk interfaces at 
>>> all.
>>>
>>> The operating system I'm using right now is Kubuntu, and this kind 
>>> of incongruence is virtually unnoticeable.
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> [The Computer] was the first machine man built that
>> assisted the power of his brain instead of the strength
>> of his arm. - Grace Murray Hopper
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> -- 
> [The Computer] was the first machine man built that
> assisted the power of his brain instead of the strength
> of his arm. - Grace Murray Hopper

-- 
[The Computer] was the first machine man built that
assisted the power of his brain instead of the strength
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