Re: GNUstep's default theme...

[Gregory Casamento]

German,

I agree we should show GNUstep running with different themes.  My current 
concern is the default theme when the user has no themes installed.  Showing 
the old, dated, NeXT theme doesn't help us because people associate it with the 
old technology.

Allow me to be clear… I like the NeXT theme, but from experience, I think it 
turns people away.

Gregory Casamento
greg.casamento@gmail.com
Open Logic Corporation, President/CEO
GNUstep Lead Developer


On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:49 AM, Germán Arias <german@xelalug.org> wrote:

> On 2013-09-11 23:29:07 -0600 Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I've often felt as though our default look causes people to have a bad
>> first impression of GNUstep.
>> 
>> First impressions and "out of the box" experience have a huge impact. Many
>> people make the mistake of believing we are ONLY OpenStep based on the look
>> alone without really looking at the API.
>> 
>> Does anyone have any opinions on this?
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
> 
> I don't think the default theme is the problem. The problem is that the users 
> don't
> see, at website, screenshots of gnustep running with other themes or in other
> desktops. Or even an visible link to get other themes. I remember that some 
> time
> ago was discussed about put a link with screenshots at website. For example, 
> we
> can put images of gnustep running on Gnome, KDE, Etoile and Windows.
> Alongside the default theme on WindowMaker.
> 
> Also, we can add a couple of themes in GUI package. As examples of what is
> possible. So, the user can switch the theme easy.
> 
> I can add some icons to Silver theme, to release a new version soon. 
> 
> Germán.
>