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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Adding IceWM themes to KDE
From:       Torsten Rahn <torsten () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-05-01 16:35:40
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On Tuesday 01 May 2001 17:59, mosfet wrote:
> The widget theme code/data is very, very small. Wallpapers take up much
> more space.

Sure they are quite small - as is each wallpaper counted alone.
Still I think those three styles are redundant.  A good basic set
of styles provides a variety of very different styles (in terms of 
taste) to make most users happy.
Providing too many "extra" styles which only look in a subtil way 
different from some others will be perceived by the user as
"all kde-styles look almost the same to me" (another 
complaint I also heard by some people). 

Greetings,
Tackat



> Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 May 2001 13:05, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> > > Cullmann Christoph wrote:
> > > > Am Sonntag, 29. April 2001 09:04 schrieb Karol Szwed:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to add original IceWM themes specifically made for KDE
> > > > > 2.2 by KDE artists to KDE CVS. A preview of one is at
> > > > > http://gallium.n3.net/mm.gif
> >
> > No, bad idea. We already had a lot of complains at Cebit that even
> > downloading qt-copy, kdelibs and kdebase is nothing many people can
> > afford.
> >
> > I'd like to see a minimum set of four themes (i mean our "metathemes"
> > which are provided by kthememgr  in kdebase and the rest in kdeartwork
> > (so there would.
> > Also I'd like to see the widget-themes cut down a bit.
> > Nobody is really keen on having 2 versions of SGI-widget-themes or a
> > B3/KDE-theme which looks almost exactly like the Default-theme.
> > The same applies for System++ and System-Series which look almost
> > identical. 99% of the users _won't care_ about the subtil differences
> > between those "twin-pairs" I mentioned. Therefore one of each
> > should go into kde-artwork.
> > During the next days I'll also move some of the wallpapers we have into
> > kdeartwork.
> > Making it possible to download our minimum set functionality (qt,
> > kdelibs, kdebase) is critical for the success of KDE because our system
> > will spread faster. Not to be mentioned that people will think less of
> > "bloat" when they hear KDE.
> >
> > > > > Where would be the best place to put them? I don't want to fill up
> > > > > kdebase with themes... It would be nice if KDE came with some nice
> > > > > eye-candy by default though - what do you think?
> >
> > kdeartwork
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Tackat

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