Re: Exciting GNOME?

[Link Dupont <link subpop net>]

I think a competition is a good idea. Seems more likely than a long 
thread on d-d-l to produce results (based on previous discussions about 
themes on d-d-l). For what its worth, I never designed 
SmoothGNOME/Glider with flashy, shiny, eye-candy effects in mind. Not 
sure why we feel the need to have such a theme as a default though; the 
only reason I can see is to compete with OS X (lets face it, we've got 
Windows XP Luna beat, even with themes like Crux o_O).
Do we want to advertise GNOME as a flashy eye-candy based Desktop? I 
always liked GNOME's clean, basic, simple interface; it was never 
cluttered with bouncing icons and flashing lights. That always appealed 
to me. Is the motivation for a flashy new theme to effectively gain 
more "market" share?

-Link

On Feb 13, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Callum McKenzie wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10:40 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > Here's a list of screenshots that wonderfully demonstrates why GNOME 
> > does
> > not come off as an exciting, fun, cool desktop for end-users to love. 
> > They
> > are not show-off screenshots, just normal, everyday things:
> >
> >   http://www.fireflybsd.com/screenshots/
> It strikes me that the single biggest difference between the screen
> shots is the theme (widget, icon, background and window manager). KDE 
> is
> shinier and more eye-catching. It also has more buttons and so looks
> more detailed and interesting (in a screenshot), but I think this is a
> very secondary concern.
>
> Should we start the default theme flame-fest again? I don't think so.
> How about we run a grand default-theme competition and let our 
> community
> get involved with the design. (I envisage this being judged rather than
> voted on so we get something that is both usable and pretty, because
> votes only go to pretty.)
>
>  - Callum
>
>
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