Next Generation Themeing (was Re: Exciting GNOME?)

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Samuel Abels wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 00:32 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> > <quote who="Seth Nickell">
> >
> > > In the bluecurve department, ClearLook
> > > (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=19527), which I just found
> > > through this thread, looks like a hands-down improvement.
>
>
> Then I guess I am pretty alone when I don't feel that this is an
> improvement?

Its an improvement over bluecurve but not a quantum leap in themes. All 
the Gnome themes I have seen lack sex appeal and reinforce the view that 
its all very bland (which is okay for a corporate desktop but boring to 
everyone else).

I do hope we can look forward to being innovative themewise rather than 
just playing catchup all the time. I would guess MS will probably enable 
XAML to include shading and lighting objects via Avalon (maybe even 
embedding shading lanuguages within XAML?) so I expect Longhorn to look 
very very pretty and possibly photorealistic.

It would be nice if we could beat MS here and be the first out of the 
door with more photorealistic themes.


jamie.