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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Default style [was Re: kdelibs/kstyles/b3plugin]
From:       Michael Reiher <michael.reiher () gmx ! de>
Date:       2000-03-22 14:32:00
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Kurt Granroth wrote:
> 
> Michael Reiher wrote:
> > Independent from whether I like the B* style there is one thing that
> > bothers me about it. It looks like BeOS(surprise:). KDE 1.x always
> > looked like exsisting toolkits, Windows and Motif. We have now the great
> > technical possiblity to create a default look for KDE how ever we want.
> 
> Be a little careful about saying that it looks like BeOS.  I am
> designing B3 to look as good as possible.  If it looks like BeOS as a
> result, okay (it *was* based on it originally)... but I'm certainly
> NOT doing a Be-theme.
Ok, I just compiled that stuff again. Yes it looks not 100% like Be. But
there are elements that simply remind me at the Be look. For instance
the sliders or the toolbar handles or the even the changed scrollbar
handles.
Note, Iīm really not criticizing you work. It looks really nice! (A
suggestion though: Shouldnīt the toolbar buttons get painted sunken at
mouse press?)
Itīs just the fact that it look like BeOS(for me), intentionally or not.
 
> 
> > So what I would propose is a kind of a goint venture between artists and
> > developers. Artists can do the styles as pixmaped themes and some
> > developers can hack it into code then.
> 
> Sure.  I think after 1.90 (when non-developers start using KDE a bit
> more), we should have a contest to decide the default style for KDE.
> Artists can submit screenshots (artist's conception) and users and
> developers can vote on it.
> 
> IF the result is reasonable and the style is drawable, then we can go
> with it for 2.0.
Ok, that satisfies me:)

Greets

Michael

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Michael Reiher
     Student at Dresden University of Technology
          Department of Computer Science
               email: michael.reiher@gmx.de

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