On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 21:58 -0300, Steven Garrity wrote: > I've been thinking about ways to modernize the RedHat/Fedora Bluecurve > theme lately and have started trying my ideas out in practice. > > My first goal is to improve on the Windows95-esque battleship-grey that > colors all of the UI chrome. See this screenshot of Windows 98/2000/XP > evolved: > http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/Display-95-through-XP.png > Note the subtle color difference between 98 and 2000 - but it makes a > huge improvement. > > I was looking at this screenshot of an XFCE beta > (http://xfce.org/images/screenshots/xfce42.png) and was wondering why > that main start menu looked so good (even though it was just using the > bluecurve icons). It turns out it's a soft-beige rather than the > battleship grey. > > So, I've tried this out with Bluecurve. The only change so far is that > th primary chrome is now slightly softer and more beige than grey. Some > elements that are still pure-grey (alternative list backgrounds, > depressed buttons, etc) will look a bit odd next to the new beige, but > I'd do them to. > > Here are before and after screenshots - open them in tabs and switch > back and forth to compare: > http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/bluecurve-before.png > http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/bluecurve-after.png > > The updated theme is here: > http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/Bluecurve-2.tar.gz > (once installed, you have to have to go to "Theme Details" and choose > Bluecurve-2 in the "Controls" tab). > > Thoughts and feedback are welcome - particularly from those who maintain > the current Bluecurve theme in Fedora. I'm much more interested in > trying to help improve the defaults than I am in maintaining an optional > theme. > > Thanks, > Steven Garrity > Don't know if you've ever noticed but the Bluecurve theme already has some color variations (Go to Preferences->Theme->Theme Details). I use Bluecurve-BerriesAndCream; it's very close to the colors you've chosen. tjb -- ======================================================================= | Thomas Baker email: tjb@xxxxxxx | | Systems Programmer | | Research Computing Center voice: (603) 862-4490 | | University of New Hampshire fax: (603) 862-1761 | | 332 Morse Hall | | Durham, NH 03824 USA http://wintermute.sr.unh.edu/~tjb | ======================================================================= -- Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
