I was thinking that maybe we could evolve from Nimbus somehow. Somehow keeping elements/ideas from it, but applying them in new ways. I was looking at that Murrine engine, it has a lot of options, and I mean a lot. And don't forget, if we do change the default, there's nothing stopping you from keeping the old theme as a sort of "classic" option.<div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Nikola M. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:minikola@gmail.com">minikola@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 03/28/11 04:26 PM, Shawn Thompson wrote:<br>
<br>
> But anyway, how old is Nimbus any way? I think we're due for a new<br>
> theme, I also find the engine to be very inflexible, I swear most of the<br>
> resources are pixmaps.<br>
<br>
</div>Someone using Linux told me some time ago that colors and theme on<br>
OpenSolaris and now on OpenIndiana are best default Gnome look he have<br>
ever seen till now.<br>
But if people think that look and feel should be changing somehow, that<br>
is fine. (one can always comment if do not like changes)<br>
<br>
I see no sweat regarding some distant resemblance with other OS look and<br>
I don't care since I am not using other OS'es but Osol/OpenIndiana and<br>
Xubuntu, anyway.<br>
<br>
I think present Nimbus is very nice and there is better things to do<br>
(i915 driver per example)<br>
,but why not, if wanting something else, one can make it look different<br>
in a new theme, implement it and test it and push it so people can see<br>
if they like it or not, vote for default, etc.<br>
<br>
I was hoping that this thread could be used to also talk/inspire OI<br>
artwork in general (have not seen Illumos artwork lately but it should<br>
surely be present) so there is space for being artistic.<br>
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