Re: [Usability] Gome is Too BIG..



On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 09:17 +0000, Dokuro wrote:
> hello everyone,
> it has been a while now and it seems that Gnome has everything over
> sized buttons, spaces, fonts, i can't put mi finger on it but on a
> 800x600 screen everything is always so big... i reduced the font size
> from 10 to 8, it fixed things a little but almost all programs occupy
> the hole screen without being maxed, seems to be a regular problem in
> gnome applications where the windows can't be too small, could this be
> part of the HIG specifications or some ppl making bad interfaces...(i
> would not know since i have not read it...)

Hello,

One thing here is that most themes use a lot of padding. You can try
smaller themes, for example clearlooks-compact. The theme reduces the
icon size, and removes a lot of padding in buttons and other widgets.
This reduces the overall size quite a lot.
http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/11/04/clearlooks-compact-gnome-theme/

Benjamin

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