Re: Exciting GNOME?

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

Incidentally metacity is due for a bump in the theme version to add new 
and exciting capabilities built on Cairo and Gtk 2.8 after the branch.  
Talented and visionary eye-candy folks are being solicited.  Maybe 
metacity needs plugable metacity theme engines.

-Rob

Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 22:04 -0800, Eugenia Loli-Queru wrote:
>  
>
> > > we should be looking at leapfrogging the current best effort [2], no 
> > > matching it. :-)
> > >      
> > Fully agreed. That's how we should be thinking at all times. :)
> >
> > BTW, about the theme thing, I had a suggestion a few months ago:
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-September/msg00172.html 
> > (which obviously need more work to smooth it out)
> > Failing that, there's always this one: 
> > http://www.resexcellence.com/themes/butt_osigh/mes/01-25_mes20050121_lg.jpg 
> > ;-) (joking, but it's interesting)
> >    
>
>  I remember enjoying your mockup at the time, but commenting how
> difficult it would be to code such a thing.  However, with the advent of
> integrating gtk+ 2.8 with cairo, I think doing this becomes much easier,
> and since cairo can have hardware acceleration, it could even be
> fast! :-)
>
>  
>
> > Eugenia
> >
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