


Metacity Themes by anauman 37 comments

Metacity Themes by anauman 37 comments

GTK2 Themes by lizardking 5 comments

GTK2 Themes by tmilovan 138 comments

Metacity Themes by anauman 37 comments
Often it can be positive to create some inconsistency, as long as it doesn't lead to potential confusion. In other words, elements that look the same should also behave the same, but elements that behave the same don't necessarily have to look the same. - Feb 09 2006

Metacity Themes by anauman 37 comments
"dragging windows around is so embedded in most of us that this is a small sacrifice"
Yes, but that doesn't make it any more correct. An interface which assumes knowledge from the user is a flawed interface. If you make the titlebar and window background look like one thing, there is no reason why the user shouldn't expect it to behave like one thing.
The artificial separation between the application and the window frame is something we really need to get fixed. Just covering it up is not a good solution. - Feb 05 2006

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments
The second was a contributed screenshot and the background on it AFAIK is from Windows Vista. - Jan 30 2006

Metacity Themes by anauman 37 comments
Not separating the titlebar from the window background is not a good idea yet, since you cannot move the window by clicking on any part of the background. The titlebar is functionally a completely distinct element.
That's the reason we don't do it in Clearlooks, although I agree that it would look nicer.
By not "bloating" the desktop with selection color, you made unfocused windows look alien, because no other part of the Gtk theme uses the insensitive look for merely unselected items. Since you specifically complained about buttons looking alien, this is not much better.
The lack of a window icon is a further inconsistency and I don't particulary like the look of the button icons, but those are just details.
Finally I also think that it looks a little too dull. I'm all for flushing the titlebar with the window background (once Gtk is fixed to remove the functional difference), but once we do this, I think we should also make windows slightly more attractive than just a plain gray color.
I'm not saying that this is a bad theme, but I don't agree with your implication that this is "Clearlooks done right". - Jan 30 2006

Various Gnome Stuff by knipknap 2 comments

Icon Sub-Sets by Sparrk 12 comments

GTK2 Themes by slackdude 6 comments
Also entry boxes with an icon in it look all wrong (like deskbar-applet or the new Epiphany location bar).
The buttons look unsymetrical to me, because the top outline shadow looks like it makes the border thicker at the top. A suggestion would be to make the entire normal broder darker (like the border line at the top) and reduce the shadow on the top sides a little. - Dec 31 2005

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments

GTK2 Themes by matthewmx86 12 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments
Ideally I would round all corners just a little, but that's not possible yet. - Dec 21 2005

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments
For now I have just lightened up the separator line a bit. - Dec 20 2005

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments
Maybe I'll also experiment with putting a shadow or black outline behind the icons. - Dec 18 2005

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 36 comments

Icon Sub-Sets by bmzf 56 comments
Also keep in mind that this is primarily meant to be a base icon set. Once it is complete, it should be trivial for example to do a custom theme which simply replaces the folder icons. - Nov 22 2005

GDM Themes by mathieu147 13 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments
progressbarstyle = 0 # 0 = candy bar, 1 = flat
Change that to 1 in the particular gtkrc. - Jun 11 2005

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments

GTK2 Themes by bass 20 comments

GTK2 Themes by bass 20 comments
This is how your theme looks with current Clearlooks CVS:
http://213.133.111.182/Temp/Screenshot-DarkBlue.png - May 25 2005

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

Wallpapers Ubuntu by Ron0909 8 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments
Only utility windows are totally squared. If you want all windows to be square, you have to make some simple modifications to the theme XML file. - Apr 07 2005

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments
Controls = GTK
Window Border = Metacity
If this would be an official GNOME site, they'd probably make it more obvious. ;) - Apr 05 2005

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments
I will _not_ revert to what I personally find far inferior. I already said above, that I'm not stopping anyone from re-releasing the old version under a different name. Please do that if you care so much, it would be far more constructive. - Mar 31 2005

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments
The next minor update will use a lighter shade for unfocused titlebars though, which looks noticably friendlier. - Mar 30 2005

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments
BTW, while I think that the original wasn't good work and don't want to offer it for download anymore, I'm not stopping anyone from re-releasing it (just under a different name please). - Mar 23 2005

GTK2 Themes by Remenic 251 comments

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments
A work-around might be to move the Clearlooks/metacity-1 folder manually into either /usr/share/themes (or .themes/ if that works). Or even rename it before installation. - Mar 22 2005

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments
So yes, this is intentional. :) It might be unusual, but I really like this look, because it creates some kind of soft material impression. - Mar 20 2005