Re: UI Review

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

Davyd Madeley wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 02:41:16PM +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
>   
> > On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 08:56 -0500, Luis Villa wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > Just wanted to say, Calum (and perhaps others listening in) that I
> > > firmly believe that, done right, the UI reviews can be very, very
> > > useful. It is clear that we're not doing it very well, though- perhaps
> > > it needs to be more proactive, and earlier in the cycle?
> > >       
>
> If we're going with the new Clearlooks, does that need any sort of
> UI or a11y review? I know that there have been sweeping changes.
> There is a lot more blue.
>
> Looking at what appears to be the default new-Clearlooks: there are
> some highly visual changes that perhaps we should reconsider (I feel
> that sweeping change from release to a release is a bad thing). I
> have not talked to any of the Clearlooks guys yet, but was it
> planned to make the theme looks more like it did last release (with
> nice gradients) or to keep it the way it is?
>   
There has been a general objection to the new 'glossy' look, and it 
would be possible to revert it. However, I haven't done so since I 
thought we were in the UI freeze, and changes to the default theme would 
probably not be welcome unless they where major usability issues or such 
like. I would really welcome more input from people on this subject - 
but please, on the correct list! If you'd like to discuss theme issues, 
please do so on gnome-themes-list. I would be glad if we had a few 
usability people on the list too.

-Thomas