[gimp-web/testing] 2.10.18: add a section on high-contrast themes and rename image files



commit 1268e3a67749b18d7bef17d8b0aa86770128a119
Author: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>
Date:   Sun Feb 23 14:02:58 2020 +0300

    2.10.18: add a section on high-contrast themes and rename image files

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@@ -74,6 +74,53 @@ Here is the full reference:
 alt="New interaction model for the slider widget"/>
 </figure>
 
+# Docking UX improvements
+
+The 'You can drop dockable dialogs here' message is now gone from the
+toolbox, and other empty dockable areas. This used to annoy quite a few users
+who used a single/double-column layout for the left panel.
+
+But since we still need to hint where you can dock dialogs, whenever you drag
+a dialog, all dockable areas will be highlighted.
+
+<div class='fluid-video'>
+<video width="1280" height="720" controls>
+  <source src="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/video/v2.10/gimp-2-10-16-docking-highlight.mp4"; 
type="video/mp4">
+  <source src="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/video/v2.10/gimp-2-10-16-docking-highlight.webm"; 
type="video/webm">
+Your browser does not support the video tag.
+</video>
+</div>
+
+# High-contrast symbolic theme now available
+
+Since releasing 2.10 in 2018, we received a lot of feedback that the symbolic
+icon theme used by default doesn't have enough contrast. We recently did
+a quick poll on Twitter showing people a variation of the theme with more
+foreground/background color contrast, and that certainly clicked with users.
+
+Some of the feedback suggested, however, that a part of the demographic likes
+the current contrast. So instead of pushing changes for everyone, we
+introduced a new high-contrast symbolic theme. You can choose it in the
+_Preferences_ dialog, just like any other icon theme.
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-18-high-contrast-icons.png" 
+alt="New high-contrast icon themes"/>
+</figure>
+
+The contrast is a compile-time variable that you can change prior to building
+GIMP from source code. We see this as more of a dirty temporary solution.
+
+With GTK3, it's going to be a lot easier to make things configurable. In
+particular, upcoming Inkscape 1.0 is featuring a new icon theme called
+'multicolor' that makes a great use of CSS in GTK3 and, while staying symbolic,
+uses some color where it matters. We will be definitely looking closer at that
+approach.
+
+To complement the new high-contrast variation of the symbolic theme, GIMP now
+also draws a double black/white border around FG/BG indicator in the toolbox
+to make that border more legible, especially in dark themes.
+
 # Transformation preview improvements
 
 A new option called _Composited Preview_ is now available for most
@@ -110,23 +157,6 @@ which is usually not the case with large layers.
 GIMP now also automatically previews the clipping of transformed layers.
 This allows reducing the amount of trial and error when e.g. rotating. 
 
-# Docking UX improvements
-
-The 'You can drop dockable dialogs here' message is now gone from the
-toolbox, and other empty dockable areas. This used to annoy quite a few users
-who used a single/double-column layout for the left panel.
-
-But since we still need to hint where you can dock dialogs, whenever you drag
-a dialog, all dockable areas will be highlighted.
-
-<div class='fluid-video'>
-<video width="1280" height="720" controls>
-  <source src="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/video/v2.10/gimp-2-10-16-docking-highlight.mp4"; 
type="video/mp4">
-  <source src="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/video/v2.10/gimp-2-10-16-docking-highlight.webm"; 
type="video/webm">
-Your browser does not support the video tag.
-</video>
-</div>
-
 # New 3D Transform tool
 
 A new transform tool helps changing the perspective of a layer or panning


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