<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Tim Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com" target="_blank">lists@linfiniti.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Shaffer <<a href="mailto:larrys@dakotacarto.com">larrys@dakotacarto.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Since adding back the old default as a 'classic' theme choice is fairly<br>
> straightforward, only taking about an hour to do, I suggest the following:<br>
> It isn't done for a couple of weeks.<br>
><br>
> Here's my reasoning. If we are all looking at only the new default theme and<br>
> helping develop that into a complete and cohesive look for 2.0, then those<br>
> who are working on it will benefit greatly by the entire dev community's<br>
> focus.<br>
><br>
> I also think Robert's and other's reworking of the default icon set to<br>
> address color and useability concerns needs the full focus and support of<br>
> the community for it to have a good chance at success. If right before GUI<br>
> freeze (~ 2 weeks), the new theme is assessed and there is still a<br>
> consensus, or maybe a vote, that there should be a second project-supported<br>
> choice, then the 'classic' theme can readily be put back in.<br>
><br>
> Please let me know what you think of that approach.<br>
<br>
</div>My 2c. I was also hesitant about switching to the new GIS theme - I<br>
have ~ten years of using the old theme so it was hard to make the<br>
switch. However the last few months I have been using exclusively the<br>
GIS theme and I must say you will get used to it and start to<br>
appreciate it for its visual consistency. I think there are a lot of<br>
benefits to having only one theme - some of which Larry had described<br>
above. Also we will have less 'stuff' in our source tree, QGIS will be<br>
readily identifyable in screenshots, screencasts and publications etc<br>
- it will go a long way to creating a unified image and brand for our<br>
project.<br>
<br>
Sure I would like the colours on the icons to be a little brighter and<br>
there are probably other things that can be improved, but I think<br>
having one officially maintained and supported icon set makes a lot of<br>
sense.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Tim<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>One consequence of eliminating the "classic" theme as an option is a lot of otherwise good, general documentation (articles, blog posts, stackexchange posts, books) will be crippled. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>-gary</div><div style> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> Larry<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Nathan Woodrow <<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Don't be sorry, everyone's opinion should be heard. I have mixed<br>
>> feelings, the old theme seems to kidish but the new one is too gray.<br>
>> Now is a good time to look at which icons are causing the most issues<br>
>> and revamp them.<br>
>><br>
>> Sent from some fancy phone looking thingo<br>
>> From: Régis Haubourg<br>
>> Sent: 16/04/2013 6:06 PM<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Icon theme update<br>
>> Larry_S wrote<br>
>> > Some time ago, devs voted to move to the 'gis' theme as the default,<br>
>> > i.e.<br>
>> > not just the one selected by default but also the only theme supported<br>
>> > by<br>
>> > the project. Even after this update, you may notice the icons are still<br>
>> > hodge-podge with inconsistent ones needing work. Due to lack of<br>
>> > developers<br>
>> > to maintain multiple project-supported themes, it is best to have only<br>
>> > one,<br>
>> > so that a concerted effort can be made to keep it complete and cohesive.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Does mean that we can use themes in QGIS 2.0?<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> > No theme support code was removed, only the gis theme condensed upon the<br>
>> > current default (because many default icons are still used) and old<br>
>> > project<br>
>> > themes removed. However, there has been talk of removing all theme<br>
>> > support,<br>
>> > but I can't speak to the state of that decision.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I like to revive my nkids theme for QGIS 2.0 as option for Mac OS X<br>
>> >> QGIS, is this possible?<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> > I'm not entirely sure, but to use a different theme than the default,<br>
>> > you<br>
>> > will need to add it to the appropriate source directories, edit the .qrc<br>
>> > files and compile the source again. For example, nkids has been in the<br>
>> > source themes directory for awhile, but not choose-able in the gui<br>
>> > because<br>
>> > it is not been made part of compiled-in resource system.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I did add some code to push any old saved theme choice over to the new<br>
>> > default, so if you did add a revamped nkids theme, maybe considering<br>
>> > giving<br>
>> > it a new name as well.<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Larry,<br>
>> it's a total surprise to me, since I thought I was following list<br>
>> intensivly. I remember voting against gis theme, but majority did choose<br>
>> as<br>
>> default. That's fine, I'm OK with the vote. But I was thinking having the<br>
>> choice to switch back to classic theme !<br>
>> I submitted both themes to users and all of them in my corp wanted to keep<br>
>> classical one. By myself, I really have visual difficulties with gis theme<br>
>> (to much blue-grey, very few pixels to distinguish functions, overly<br>
>> complicated icons..)<br>
>> Moreover, I must say I've not been able to fund anything for months in<br>
>> QGIS<br>
>> project due to the lack of visibility. Please think of us and let us see<br>
>> more clearly where we can help the projects.<br>
>><br>
>> Sorry for that message, but these last minute surprises really starts to<br>
>> be<br>
>> a problem to me.<br>
>><br>
>> Régis<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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