[ubuntu-art] Clearlooks or Murrine ?

[Martin Lettner]

Dylan McCall schrieb:
>> Which engine prefer to create a new theme for Intrepid?
>>
>> If this concept has not yet been fixed, I think a good idea is to spoken
>> it and decide which engine to use.
>>
>> Lately I could not read the mail-list and I do not know if this concept
>> has already been discussed.
>>
>> Good Work to everyone for Intrepid! ;-)
> 
> The best way to find old posts is at
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> 
> I believe this has been discussed in an indirect way, though that was
> prior to Hardy's release. It's my opinion that Clearlooks is the more
> interesting theme because of its use of solid "gummy" effects to
> highlight selected widgets, as opposed to the horrible dotted lines
> for Murrine and every other theme out there right now. It is
> surprisingly unique, not just for GNOME but for operating systems in
> general. As well as looking better, this is also undoubtedly better
> for usability since it makes the selected widget a lot more visible.
> The UbuntuLooks theme does a nice job with Clearlooks by not having a
> gradient for toolbars (which never works because of windows having
> lots of toolbars and the Metacity theme often adding a gradient
> itself), instead having a sharp divider beterrn menu and toolbar.
> 
> Having said that, if Murrine took on the same idea there, I would be
> much more interested in it. The glassy buttons are well done, and I
> understand the engine gives artists a lot of power :)
> 
> Bye,
> -Dylan
> 

With "horrible dotted lines" I think you mean the lines around a button 
when it's pressed or active. Well I'm pretty sure that this can be fixed 
with both engines. It's likely just a line in the theme IMHO.

I would prefer Murrine because I think it's slightly faster and has much 
more possibilities. The glassy effects can also be done with Clearlooks 
but I would say they look just better with Murrine. We could also mix 
the 2 engines.
And: Murrine supports that RGBA thing. Isn't that reason enough? ;)

	Martin