On 10 Feb 2005, at 23:33, Raphael Bosshard wrote:
Jeremy Tregunna wrote:
On 10-Feb-05, at 2:29 PM, Raphael Bosshard wrote:
[snip]
First of all; I would welcome a new icon theme, as I would a new
default look. I like the OpenStep-Framework and enjoy programming
in Objectiv-C. But it just makes no fun if your applications look
like time-warped from the 80ies.
They're not that bad.
No, they are not. I'm exaggerating. But truth is that I don't see any
differences between the GNUStep version (it was 0.2 something I
think) that was shipped with my first GNU/Linux CD back in '97. Back
than, the focus was to recreate OPENStep for Linux. But a lot of
things have changed since.
I know that GNUStep has the ability to use themes. But what I am
talking about it the default theme. NO matter how may themes there
are; the first impression is always the default theme. And the
current theme is not very impressive.
Having used both NeXTstep and MacOS-X (which I use daily), I can
confidently say that for me the NeXTstep theme is more usable (better
to sit in front of and work with all day) and far better than
windows-xp (which I'm also forced to use occasionally).
That's why I strongly want the standard/default GNUstep look and feel
to be *very* close
to the old NeXTstep one.
That being said, I take the point about it not being particularly
eye-catching.
While eye-catching looks do not generally make for great usability,
the initial impression
they make can attract people to the project.
So ... why not aim for two basic looks so that themability is easily
demonstrated by showing screenshots of them side by side. One you can
'use all day' and the other with which you can 'impress your friends'
:-)
I think that would be better than trying to produce lots of different
themes.