Re: Themes (again)

[Liam Proven]

On 27 September 2013 17:01, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> wrote:
> rest assured that i will make everything possible to have this theme remain
> (although  it is imperfect in several details). Also i will battle that it
> will remain the default. I make some small tweaks to the default from time
> to time.
>
> Others have different opinions though and also, again, others have different
> uses for GNUstep.
>
> This is why I, the most strenuous defender of the NeXT look, started to make
> themes and support their existence!
>
> Others might need a theme because their setup is different, because they
> want to integrate, because they have a different display than yours.
>
> I other words, provided that the default one remains or gets improved, how
> does the availability of themes impact and disturbs you? if you don't need
> them, don't use them!
> But if there are themes that other people like, what's bad about it?
> It may attract new uses, new apps, new developers which will help to improve
> the environment even for you, using the "classic" theme.
>
> *What are your concerns?*
>
> When I was young and foolish, I installed themes on my Mac classic. Usually,
> they lasted one day and I often went to a default look (or actually, a theme
> closely to the default). However I liked the freedom to play with them.
> Sometimes it is just about to "know" that there is some freedom that makes
> you happy, even if you don't exploit it.

:¬)

Well said!

(And yes, I played with Mac OS 8/9 themes too, and I never kept any of
them for long.)

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