Re: Look and Feel

[Jeremy Tregunna]

On 10-Feb-05, at 2:29 PM, Raphael Bosshard wrote:
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> 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.

> However; what I really would like to see is the ability to use already 
> existing icon themes, GNOME icon themes, KDE, whatever. A lot of work 
> could be saved this way and especially GNOME has some fine icon 
> themes.

We ought to have our own icons, using ones from other projects just 
doesn't seem write (*waits to be branded as a purist*)

> What I also would like to see is some further development in the OS X 
> direction. OS X is currently considered the most advanced user 
> interface. It would be no shame to learn from OS X and imitate where 
> appropriate. The top-screen menubar is one thing but there are other 
> issues.

This is nearly impossible to implement satisfactorily (ie., if the 
horizontal menu is 20 pixels high, you need to patch the window manager 
itself to prevent window positions from going into the area the 
verticle menu occupies). If that's not a big issue for you, and you 
don't mind occasionally the window's title bar hidden behind the 
verticle menu, WildMenus will work just fine for you.

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Jeremy Tregunna
jtregunna@blurgle.ca