[Qgis-developer] QGIS3 theme?

Tue Feb 28 02:27:49 PST 2017

Hi Tim,

Let me share some details about the project that you mentioned.

As Ganesh said the main challenge was to build a portable version of the
QGIS for windows. It was based on version 2.6 if I’m not mistaken. We
successfully solved that problem.

Another part of the project was simplification and stylization of the UI.
We were guided by customer requirements and introduced few ideas. Using
colour background was one such. We also tweaked few functions like bringing
the layer transparency widget to the main screen and make it permanent. We
provided a registry of predefined layers so it is easy to start working. We
aggregated functions from few third party plugins and brought buttons
directly to the main window.

Most of the icons were taken from original QGIS icon set and we introduced
few new icons for functions that we brought on the main window. Also, we
increased a size of the icons. The main goal was to customise QGIS to make
it more friendly for young students and first-time users of GIS.

In addition to customised QGIS, we developed a pilot version of Web GIS and
it was styled the same way as QGIS to make the working experience as
seamless as possible.

Please check up the screenshots here: http://geoicon.com/edugis/
screenshots/index.html

Best regards,
Serge

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Ganeshkumar Shanmugam <ganesh at geoicon.com>
wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
> Apologies for the delayed response, just got access to my computer.
>
> You got a great memory :)
>
> Yes, it was a pilot project that we did for the ministry of education.
> They wanted to teach the secondary grade students (age 16 to 18) geography
> and gis with QGIS. The core requirement was to create a PORTABLE version
> that they can run it on any computer. On top, since the users are students,
> they wanted to make it colorful and make the interface very simple so its
> easy for them to teach.. you are right on that note. Well, unfortunately,
> they didn't continue with this.
>
> Along with that, they wanted us to create a web application that will look
> exactly same as the custom QGIS version and we did that too.
>
> Most of the work was done by my colleague Serge. Will request him to post
> the screens and details.
>
> Regards,
> Ganesh
>
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> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:29 AM, Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I would also like to see a nice cohesive theme designed. I have seen in
>> the past that you referenced LibreOffice as an example we could follow.
>> IMHO their theme is really bad - from both as aesthetic point of view and
>> from a functional point of view:
>>
>> https://www.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Discover/LO52-Scr
>> eenshots/lo52-writer-02.png
>>
>> The icons are overladen with many small details and too many discordant
>> colours. When I was in Singapore a year or two back, I met up with Ganesh
>> Shanmugam, a local QGIS service provider there. Ganesh had built a
>> customised version of QGIS for use in schools and showed it off to me. One
>> thing I really like is the way they used the same accent colour per
>> toolbar. For example all File icons would get e.g. a red accent, all layer
>> green, and so on. It makes it really easy to:
>>
>> a) find a toolbar even when on a strange computer where things are
>> arranged differently and
>> b) give someone instructions : "click on the third icon from the left in
>> the red tinted toolbar"
>>
>> In Gandesh's implementation, they actually coloured the toolbar
>> background, but I think it would also be nice if we rather used the accent
>> colour (so two-tone instead of monochrome) in the icons. Ganesh maybe you
>> could share a link to a screenie?
>>
>> Anyway just my 2c to the debate.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 8:19 PM, Denis Rouzaud <denis.rouzaud at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is really great news!
>>> Having a cohérent UI look will be a huge step forward.
>>> Looking forward to seeing the proposal.
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