Re: [libreoffice-design] Play with the Windows look

Hi Mirek, Kendy

> I visited Kendy yesterday, he showed me a build of LibreOffice with Aero
> glass menus, and he told me that it's possible to make a theme specifically
> for Windows (or a specific version of Windows) -- we just need to design it.

I've taken a look at it, and right now, it seems, the menu text is
transparent ... but I believe that's trivial to fix.
I've done a "mockup" of what it would look like with black text: .
(So, yeah, still not completely readable. MSO 2010 has a relatively
opque gradient coming up from the ribbon which makes that work: )

However, it is really bad timing now since a few days ago it turned
out that MS will be abandoning Aero with Windows 8 [4]. They even go
so far as to call it looking "dated and cheesy" (click through to the
MSDN source).
I've tried Windows 8 Release Preview, and they still use some
translucency effects on the desktop, but it's not nearly as pronounced
as it used to be in Vista and 7. Yet, all of the desktop somehow looks
wrong, like a step back into plastic XP land... Thus, I'm not
convinced that they really want to ship it as it is now.

Now, how about we just use some gradient-from-the-bottom look, like MS
Office does:
http://cdn.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Power-Word-Office-2010-Addin.jpg
?
(Trying to imitate it, I noticed it's actually surprisingly hard to do, though.)

Regards,

Astron.


[4] http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/18/microsoft-reveals-new-windows-8-desktop-ui/

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