GNOME themes

[tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org (Tom Metro)]

ref wrote:
>> So I don't get why there isn't such a thing as a GNOME theme.
>> ...it just lacks packaging and a bit of UI for selecting the themes.
> 
> there is a Gnome Art Manager which 'kinda' handles this. 

Yeah, that sort of addresses the UI part of it.


> It has options like 'Desktop background', 'window borders' and
> 'icons'. It auto downloads the files for you when you select the
> option you want, and you get to browse it that way ...

The interface is clunky. You select a category of art and then wait 
while thousands of items download (is it downloading the full image or 
just a low-res preview? where is it caching all that stuff?), then you 
have to select each item you want to preview. It would take you forever 
to scan through hundreds of wallpapers. No filtering for resolution or 
other attributes. You get more functionality from the web interfaces on 
the artwork web sites.

It also doesn't address the packaging aspect - you still need to select 
individual themes for each of the UI areas. This program illustrates 
that there are even more components than I listed in my posting.

But it does pull everything together into one UI, so a step in the right 
direction. Thanks for the pointer.

I'd think the various Linux distributions would be better served by 
bundling 4 or 5 well designed complete themes, and a UI for selecting 
among them, with a link to a web site where you can go browse and 
download more.

  -Tom

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