Re: [libreoffice-design] Proposition for default theme

Hi Mateuz,
Our philosophy is that, for the most part, native is best. If you think
that theme looks ugly, change your desktop theme. :)
Of course, desktop theme integration isn't perfect, and there's still ways
to go there. In comparison, though, Mozilla theming is much more primitive,
only applying to the top menu and toolbar rows, which leaves it feeling
inconsistent (note the splotches of gray in your screenshot).

There are also other problems with themes like this. For one thing, the
added complexity makes it harder to make out icons and text. There are also
problems with theming widgets on top of the theme -- for example, look at
the pushed-in "center paragraph" button in the toolbar.

All this said, there's certainly room for non-native theming -- see
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Guidelines#Non-native_Theming --
and looking good using the native theme isn't impossible either [1]. One
thing that's been holding us back is our icon theme -- if you'd like to
help with the refreshed Tango set [2], you're welcome to. There are also
other things to work on, like our toolbar layout and management, and I hope
we can have some discussions about that at the upcoming UX hackfest [3].

[1] These mockups nicely illustrate that:
http://spiceofdesign.deviantart.com/art/Writer-Concept-351501580 ,
http://bassultra.deviantart.com/art/Spreadsheet-363147552 , though some
things aren't possible with our toolkit yet.
[2] https://github.com/libodesign/tango-testing
[3] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/FOSDEM2014


2014/1/13 Mateusz Zasuwik <mzasuwik@gmail.com>

> Hey
>
> What do you think about this composition?
>
> http://i.imgur.com/KmABRIf.png
>
> It's "Bird lovin" theme (
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bird-lovin/ ) with #e0fad5
> background color. It's still clear and pretty nice for eyes. It could help
> single out LO from AOO.
>
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