Re: Look and Feel

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 19 Feb 2005, at 00:46, Jason Clouse wrote:

> At any rate, I think we've used this topic up.

I hope so.

>   People will not see a fresh GUI on first run and that's just the way 
> it is.

I think that's a conclusion completely at variance with the comments 
I've been reading on this list!
There appear to be two main points of view -

The conservative camp:
The NeXT style interface is one of the best looking ones ever produced, 
it looks fresh and distinctive, but could be tweaked/modified as there 
is always room for improvement... if someone can produce an even better 
theme, let's use it.

The revolutionaries:
The NeXT style interface is bad/dated/dull and puts people off.  We 
should replace it with something new, but keep the existing interface 
as a theme for those who like it.

So unless you want to attribute some ludicrous degree of extremism to 
anyones position, there is nobody who is completely against any 
changes, and nobody who wants to trash the existing look.

There are at least a few people actively working on 
theme-engine/design/icons.  The time to argue about the best default 
theme is when we have a selection of working themes to choose from (I 
expect I'll like the NeXT theme best, but I hope to be pleasantly 
surprised by something else).