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oh, don't get me wrong. i really like the ardour colour scheme. i'm just

playing around really. i think the clearlooks engine looks a little dated,

but it is certainly not something that worries me or puts me off. i was more

thinking of people who like their custom system theme to perhaps have an

option where ardour matches as close as possible. the main things that stuck

out were the faders (although i still think they need something to look a

little more interesting, but that is just me, not something i think that

should be pursued).
keep up the great work

porl
On 12/01/2008, Paul Davis  wrote:

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> On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 14:05 +1100, porl sheean wrote:

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> > it would be nice for there to be a 'minimalistic' ardour2_ui file that

> > just contained the necessities such as flashing record button and left

> > the rest to the system as a third option (after dark and light

> > themes).

>

> ardour uses *color* for a lot more than most office productivity and

> home desktop applications. i'm sorry if thats not to your taste. i would

> propose to you that its a different class of application that does not

> benefit from the rather monochromatic approach that works well for

> different classes of applications.

>

> "just a flashing record button" is a long, long way from the necessities

> list. how can you tell when a region is selected? what is the difference

> between solo and solo-safe status? how to tell that a region gain line

> is active or not? etc. etc. etc. its true that we overuse colors right

> now, and that needs to change.

>

> note that you can use the theme manager (Windows -> Theme Manager) to

> switch to the "light" theme, which is much closer to the typical

> graytone themes of most default toolkit themes.

>

> if people write more themes, and they are good, we'll be happy to

> include them with ardour.

>

>

>

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oh, don't get me wrong. i really like the ardour colour scheme. i'm just playing around really. i think the clearlooks engine looks a little dated, but it is certainly not something that worries me or puts me off. i was more thinking of people who like their custom system theme to perhaps have an option where ardour matches as close as possible. the main things that stuck out were the faders (although i still think they need something to look a little more interesting, but that is just me, not something i think that should be pursued).

keep up the great workporlOn 12/01/2008, Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 14:05 +1100, porl sheean wrote:> it would be nice for there to be a 'minimalistic' ardour2_ui file that

quoted text
> just contained the necessities such as flashing record button and left> the rest to the system as a third option (after dark and light> themes).ardour uses *color* for a lot more than most office productivity and

home desktop applications. i'm sorry if thats not to your taste. i wouldpropose to you that its a different class of application that does notbenefit from the rather monochromatic approach that works well for

different classes of applications."just a flashing record button" is a long, long way from the necessitieslist. how can you tell when a region is selected? what is the differencebetween solo and solo-safe status? how to tell that a region gain line

is active or not? etc. etc. etc. its true that we overuse colors rightnow, and that needs to change.note that you can use the theme manager (Windows -> Theme Manager) toswitch to the "light" theme, which is much closer to the typical

graytone themes of most default toolkit themes.if people write more themes, and they are good, we'll be happy toinclude them with ardour.

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