Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

[Jehan <jehan girinstud io>]

Hi,

On 2015-12-30 18:05, Elle Stone wrote:
> On 12/29/2015 08:57 PM, Akkana Peck wrote:
> > Both the light themes seem quite dark and not very contrasty
> > (with black text and icons) compared to the GIMP I currently see,
> > which has a background color of #dcdad5 rather than the #bdbdbd
> > used in both of the light themes for most icons and menus;
> > except the menus in the alternate light theme, which are pretty
> > close to what I see now in GIMP.
> >
> > I'd like to see a theme option (whether or not it's the default)
> > that has similar contrast to the current theme; the new themes will
> > be harder to read for at least some users.
>
> On my system the "light side of GIMP" theme and the current default
> GIMP theme are very close in tonality, with the "light side of GIMP
> theme being a tad lighter. Here's a screenshot showing the two themes
> side by side:
> http://ninedegreesbelow.com/bug-reports/gimp29/light-side-vs-default-small.jpg
>
> If I had to choose any of the new themes, it would be the "Light side
> of GIMP" theme. By comparison, the current default theme looks a bit
> outdated and the new theme is very pretty and modern-looking. But I
> like the current theme better for three reasons:
>
> 1. The "light side of GIMP" theme has a lot of darker tones in things
> like sliders, boxes for choosing parameters, the menu bar, and really
> just about everywhere. This makes for too little contrast between the
> sliders, boxes, etc and any contained text. It seems to me that a
> lighter shade of gray would make the text stand out better.

I agree. Also do we want the theme to get rid of colors? If I were to 
decide, I'd say no. For sliders for instance, I quite prefer this 
blue|white colors to the white|grey proposed.

> 2. Also the new theme UIs for things like Gaussian blur, Curves, etc,
> are always larger than the corresponding current default GIMP theme.
> As screen real estate matters a great deal, I prefer the smaller UIs.

I agree. Draekko, is it because of the UI images which adds pixels here 
and there? If so, could these be made to the strict minimum, as a 
compromise between "beautiful" and "don't waste real estate space".

> 3. Also the new themes lack a good indication of where the grab areas
> are for resizing windows and subwindows. Maybe users already know that
> the subframes can be resized? And they know where to find the
> (completely unindicated) grab handle for reproportioning the space
> between the upper and lower subframes?

I agree. Draekko, could this be fixed?

Jehan