Hi @nusi, thanks for taking time to test the new theme
Youāll be happy to see that weāve already decided to move to brighter button highlight, at least on dark backgrounds.
We use red color to show dangerous/destructive actions, so changing the close button to red is not that bad, but the orange close button is also very Ubuntu, this is why we kept as it is (untill now, at least)
Rounder menuās corner is definitly something Iād like to try
I tried to make dash solid when windows are maximized. And i do it! The top panel with dash looks like one. It looks really good for me now. Next my step is to set the same transparency for panel and dash. What do you think about this bars theme?
Remember that you still need to take into account the intellihide case, where the dock appears on top of windows (solid selected opacity is used in that case).
I donāt think the blue for the sliders makes much sense. I know many in the community are like ābrrrr, too much orange, change itā, butā¦why blue? Isnāt ātoo much orangeā kinda the whole point of Ubuntu theming? Where else is this blue being used? Presumably it was going to be a key part of the Unity 8 design language?
A more plausible āthird colourā to orange and dark gray could be the green thatās being used to draw attention to important dialogue boxes and so is already being used as a āthird colourā for that purpose (tho maybe they would lose their effect if green was used more elsewhere)? Or perhaps purple since thatās Canonicalās colour (tho many in the community would hate lots of orange and purple as much as they would hate lots of orange)?
Of course. But in my opinion the better is, when dock (in solid) appears on top of windows. I understand someone meaby likes more the transparency dock if appear on windows.
Moreover, it can be difficult to make two options in one: solid dock when not appears on windows, and 'transparency when appears. I canāt do that, I dontāt know howā¦
Isnāt ātoo much orangeā kinda the whole point of Ubuntu theming? Where else is this blue being used? Presumably it was going to be a key part of the Unity 8 design language?
Correct :D.
This blue does not come from Adwaita, but from Unity8. Itās not sculpted into the stone of course, but some weeks ago we discussed it and then just decided to give it a try. From time to time the point is re-discussed again and the color might change in the future.
Also, the idea is not only ātoo much orangeā, but that orange looks like red that is a ādestructiveā indicator color.
Thereās also a @madsrh proposal for a different one here.
I wouldnāt use green, because itās used with a different meaning in the theme, and aubergine (which I like a lot) to me does not fit well with very dark backgrounds.
Thatās my personal taste, of course. The designers would probably answer better here
I just stumbled upon this reintroducing transparency on top panel.
It looks that, with intellihide enabled and the dock hidden, the top bar gets the ā.solidā css class also when a window just occupies the dockās space without touching any panel border.
Here with dock visible
Here with Dock hidden, because Nautilus went closer, but it still does not touch anything
@didrocks do you know any way to avoid this? Any class that let me differentiate the two use cases?
Hi @c-lobrano !
Thank you for your answer. Close-Buttons on windows
You are right. Orange gives it the ubuntu-style. It really should stay orange. But only become red when you hover over it. You are going to close this window = attention = red. Is there a reason not to do it? What are the designers thinking about this?
Blue and/or orange
Isnt there already enough orange in the theme? @merlijn-sebrechts already linked to a new blue that should have been used for focus, selection and interaction (see my previous post). Do the designers have tested it? What do they think? What would be a reason not to use it?
Some reasons to test it:
it is a test. We can change it back after 1-2 days. The community could give a feedback.
it is a new color in the ubuntu color scheme = something fresh
orange (as it is used at the moment) is way to aggressiv. The icons are already orange enough
it was considered for unity 8? There was already put thought into it.
the shell-theme and the gtk-theme do not really look like they have the same design-language. By using a little bit more blue in the gtk-theme it would fit more to shell-theme. At the moment blue is only used in the progressbar.
A compromise could be to really test it only on focus for icons. Once again: The Pop-theme did a great work in using different colors. It would be nice when @isantop could give some ideas.
What are the designers thinking?
Buttons
I am looking forward to the updated buttons. But it seems a bit contradictory when it stays this way: dark buttons get brighter when hovered. Bright buttons get darker when hovered. Both buttontypes should get brighter. What are the designers thinking?
@c-lobrano: this is the intended upstream design, there is some tolerance of āclose enoughā in the upstream code for this to trigger the solid state.
Edit: this is in the non intellihide case. If you are really away from the top panel but the dock vanish, ensure you havenāt changed any dash to dock settings as there is a mode doing this. (reset the keys if needed)
I think I hope it gets reverted (though yes, worth giving it a try!), we havenāt had a problem with the orange being used a lot in Ambiance, really (though maybe this is an issue weāre trying to fix here). But I recognize Iām just one voice and not a professional designer so Iāll accept whatever the pros say in the end Iām sure Iāll get used to the seemingly-random blue eventually. Also that says in Unity 8 it was used in progress bars, not necessarily sliders? It would be very useful to know why the Unity 8 designers chose to use blue in certain situations in the first placeā¦ But I guess it might be tricky to track down exactly who made that decision and tricky to get a respones from themā¦ If they could give a good reason then Iād be more inclined to back the switch to blue (which I know many do really like as a decision).
I donāt think @madsrh 's blue makes a clear difference, personally.
Agreed that aubergine probably doesnāt work well on dark backgrounds
Also, @didrocks, Iām assuming that site will be taken down at some point (because itās docs for the obsolete Ubuntu Phone), whereās the source for that site? Would be nice if someone could fork a copy before it gets removed because that looks like an incredibly useful resource!
The window title bars for apps without menus (e.g. files) look pretty much perfect now, both maximised and non-maximised For maximised, I think the divider between Gnome top bar and the window works pretty well. Itās a clear division that isnāt too hard on the eyes.
The divider between the window title and in-app menus is much more intrusive and, IMO, too harsh. I would prefer to see the same approach as above, as follows:
Has anybody compared the community theme next to the 17.10 ambience theme ?
I really like what was done with Ambience . After reading a couple of comments saying that the community theme looks the same i decided to have a look .
Personally If ambience had the darker colours in the window, application bars and menus , combinded with suru and the ubuntu apps button I would also be a very happy camper. P.s. I would include the sound theme too.
Please note I am not intentionally undermining or down playing the volume of works that has already been done.
Iām absolutely against blue for sliders, spinners and such. I very much hope it GOES AWAY.
Itās awful and donāt fit ubuntu color scheme. Go for purple/orange/green, and leave blue for fedora and adwaita.
Also, title bars and headerbars are huge, can they be reduced by 1/3?