Elegant Mine
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
This is a dark theme inspired by the work done with Elegant Brit, with some slight deviations to the original concept. Elegant Mine: from the dullness of the coal, one can extract wonderful diamonds. It's a matter of working in team.
I've been thinking about doing another versions of Elegant Mine with different colours. More on that as soon as possible.
As usual, all the bug reports, comments and suggestions will be welcome. Even though I'm not always around to post as much on the comment box, I'm always reading what you folks write, and every participation is worth gold. Remember, it's all about the community. Sorry for the apparent lack of attention or updates.
The ZIP package I'm providing includes an Emerald theme and a TAR.GZ with the GTK theme and its Metacity, Xfwm4 and Openbox equivalents. Also with a custom userChrome.css for Firefox and Thunderbird and an icon for the main menu of your desktop.
On the CURRENT screenshots: Blue Curves wallpaper from PurposeOfReason; Nu (an Artwiz type) for the fonts; a custom icon theme assembled from several sources and licenses, including proprietary ones. It's called Eikon, and it has evolved a lot in the last few weeks, so there are some considerable changes. I'm sharing Eikon on a non-official basis, with all those who are interested on checking it out.
To get the most recent updates to Eikon, now on its second generation, please check this website: http://drop.io/fmrbpensador
On the previous screenshot, there was the Niva wallpaper from the Amana project, and I was using Neutra Text SC Alt as the font.
13 years ago
1.0.1: fixed the progress bar unreadable font (and finally, a description text on the theme's webpage);
1.0.2: some changes on the colours of the theme (a darker blue and darker tones of gray, and I also lightened up the black items).
13 years ago
1.0.1: fixed the progress bar unreadable font (and finally, a description text on the theme's webpage);
1.0.2: some changes on the colours of the theme (a darker blue and darker tones of gray, and I also lightened up the black items).
technoshaun
Sep 01 2009
brainvision
May 04 2009
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Elegant Mine is part of GTK Themes and Add-ons, which is supported by the following people:
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Invetero
10 years ago
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UbuntuLee
12 years ago
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wadelewis4
12 years ago
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brainvision
12 years ago
i really like it!, it's one of the best theme I've ever seen since I'm skinning my computer machine (how much skin do I see on my life, since when I was using WindowBlinds and VisualStyles on WinXP?? Uh, it's a number too big to remember..!)..
I'm using Elegant Mine since I discovered it: fantastic, man.. really!!
Good work, I wishes you themes good like this for all your life!!
bye!
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kernel-script
12 years ago
Please, how can i get that cool colored and bold "Date'n'Clock" as in the Elegant Mine screens?
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kernel-script
12 years ago
Someone know how to get that colored and bold "Date'n'Clock" as in the Elegant Mine screens?
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kernel-script
12 years ago
I tryed to edit the first one, but that do not worked.
I'm new to opencontents.org.
Sorry.
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krig
13 years ago
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shappie
13 years ago
I did make a elegant mine icon pack based on the icons from servechilled. You can find it here if you like: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Elegant+Mine+Icon+pack?content=79031
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mmoch
13 years ago
I have two problems:
1. Thunderbird... if I group my inbox, the groups are unreadable because they use light text on a light background. If you use thunderbird, then you can sort by, say, date desc, then hit 'G', and you will get groups of "Today", "Yesterday", "Last Week", etc... I know that thunderbird uses XUL, but it would be nice to know how to correct this. This happens in every dark theme and I'm really suprised no one's figured it out yet. (Same problem also applies to Lightning plugin.) If someone can point me to a solution that would be great.
2. Gnome volume control icon is black. I can infer its presence as one would infer the presence of a black hole. Of course it still works, so it is only a minor annoyance that does not take anything from the overall elegance of the theme.
Thanks in advance for any answers, also for your hard work.
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fmrbpensador
13 years ago
If that bug you mentioned under Thunderbird is common to all the other dark themes, then I hope it will be easier to find a solution on a forum or a mailing list across the Web. Thanks for telling me about it.
As for the volume icon on the set I assembled, I have to say I started collecting the icons when I still used themes with clear-coloured panels, and when I started developing Elegant Brit and Mine I was already using Xfce most of the time, so the icon for the volume mixer was taken from somewhere else. Therefore, I never had the opportunity or the time to search for a good volume icon that looked good both on clear and on dark panels to replace that one on the theme. Thanks for pointing it out anyway. And sorry for those issues.
Be free to let me know of whatever comes across your mind.
Cheers!
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zethriller
13 years ago
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bewar
13 years ago
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Blessed
13 years ago
I just wanted to tell You there are some minor bugs in this style. Here is a screenshot, so You can see and work out on them.http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9996/zrzutekranuyc1.png
Thanks a lot for such a great theme! :)
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fmrbpensador
13 years ago
I'm currently researching about it, but first of all let me ask you: on Epiphany's preferences (that's your browser, right?), did you allow the webpages to use their own colours instead of those of the GTK theme?
If that part is OK, we'll have to look for another solution. You see, in Firefox, for instance, we can use a custom userChrome.css to solve that unreadable text issue. I also noted you were trying to read a LOCAL .html file, so I think there must be some way to tell Epiphany to use black text on a white background, etc. Of course it could be a problem from the theme itself, but I also know most dark themes have problems in cases like these, so I'm trying to rule out some of the most common issues. Thanks for reporting the bug, and I'm very glad you're enjoying Elegant Mine!
Cheers!
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Blessed
13 years ago
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gabardal
13 years ago
PS: Could you please PM me where do i get iconset you're using? Thanks in advance.
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Hund
13 years ago
What icontheme are you using?
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fmrbpensador
13 years ago
Thanks for the compliments. Cheers!
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ayoli
13 years ago
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rayraven
13 years ago
Way to go!.
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devi710
13 years ago
Same question about the icon set. It looks like a leopardish icon set I have but you have really cool customized icons for your folders :"pictures" "music" etc.
Thanks
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Chipter
13 years ago
I love your themes.
However, I will still be using Elegant Brit, mostly because the dark theme doesn't work well with the menu I have (the LinuxMint menu). It makes the text on the menu lighter (i'm assuming it's supposed to be light font on dark background, but it doesn't change the background on the LinuxMint Menu) so it's just Light text on light background, so I can't read anything on the menu unless I have it highlighted.
It's not your fault tho, it happens with all Dark Themes I've tried so far.
It's a shame tho, because I really like this theme.
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IsKAll
13 years ago
And what font are you using ?
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fmrbpensador
13 years ago
I'm on Xfce, and I use several Orage applets on the Xfce-panel; one for each piece of the time and date, and with a different colour for each one of the applets.
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