Re: harsh and constructive comments on UI

[Nicolas Roard]

Le 14 févr. 05, à 13:24, Jesse Ross a écrit :

> > I like the design of:
> > http://jesseross.com/clients/gnustep/ui/concepts/01/ui.png
>
> Thanks!
>
> I don't think any of your comments were harsh -- many others feel 
> exactly
> the same way and do not want to see the theme changed. I don't blame
> anyone for having a fondness for the current theme (I'm the same way 
> with
> the classic Mac Platinum look -- it's what I grew up on). I just think
> that there are many users who probably don't look past GNUstep's
> appearance and then write it all off as outdated. This is really
> unfortunate, since it's a very powerful toolkit and provides great user
> interface components.
>
> I would like to see GNUstep get some more mindshare and marketshare, 
> and
> improving the first appearance people have of GNUstep is one way that 
> that
> can be done, and one place where I can help using the skills I have.

Yes, but I think that technically it's not a problem to create new 
themes;
The only problem then is to have an easy way to change themes. Well, 
it's not exactly complex with Camaelon, and with a pref module it would 
be even easier.
Of course, from a marketing point of view, it will probably be good to 
have a section on gnustep.org showing "themed" screenshots, etc.

--
Nicolas Roard
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