Re: Clearlooks 2

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 00:13 +0100, Daniel Borgmann wrote:
> 2006/1/7, Jakub Steiner <jimmac ximian com>:
> > The buttons may actually be one of the things where some gloss could be
> > good, be it a little more subtle. Having the whole slider along with
> > titlebar glossy is too much I'd say.
>
> My personal view was (is) that we should strive for a more realistic
> look of interface elements. Since window controls don't resemble
> anything, all we can do is to make the surface look realistic. And
> since wood or grass is somewhat out of the question, metal is an
> obvious choice, especially since we can fake it by simulating a slight
> reflection (I understand that the fake doesn't work for everyone, but
> generally it seems to be well-received). From this point of view, I do
> not think that it is unreasonable to make just the titlebar look like
> it's made out of some kind of metal.

So, I guess my response to that would be why do you feel the titlebar
and/or titlebar buttons need to look any more 'realistic' than any of
the other buttons on the desktop, which don't have a notably
metallic/glossy appearance?  

Cheeri,
Calum.

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