> And as you pointed out, what makes the web (and by extension > computing) so popular is it's absolute inclusiveness. If a > "www.fedora-themes.org" (or whatever) becomes a popular, well > trafficked and active site that anyone is free to submit work to, then > a year from now, the fact that users download theme "x" 90% of the > time will tell the Fedora developers "hey- you need to look at this". > If something like that doesn't take off, they're not encumbered with a > few people trying to vote on whether icon "y" should be blue or green. > And in either case, that group of 5 users who want a Jimi > Hendrix/Darth Vader theme in ancient sanskrit can still have that, > too. > IMO, what is needed is a tool to easily create cross-desktop bitmap themes (icon themes, GTK/XUL/QT widget styles and Metacity themes all in one tool), and a website to browse/download install them easily (as Fedora RPMs). > -- Julien Olivier <julo@xxxxxxxxxx>
