[openbox] Need help testing a theme.

[John Russell]

Correction.  The firebird issues fixed themselves after a restart of
Firebird.  It didn't get all of the theme right away but it looks fine
now.

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 09:25, John Russell wrote:
> Matthew,
> I've been using the Preternatural openbox theme and really like it.  I
> just loaded up your Gtk theme of the same name and would be glad to test
> it out for you.  Here are some of my first impressions.
> 
> First off, I'm going to list all of the things that I _don't_ like
> because that is more helpful when fixing.  But first let me say it looks
> really slick.  I've been looking for a decent dark theme and have been
> disappointed because of the challenges involved in completely  reversing
> the text in all applications.  You're off to a really good start.  So
> here's what I see....
> 
> 
> - You're right, the gaim tabs don't show up, but you knew that.
> - In evolution, all email addresses and links in messages show up in
> blue.  Blue on gray is next to impossible to read.  If the url color is
> not part of the theme, where can I set it?
> -In Firebird (the browser) The address bar text is black on dark gray. 
> I'm pretty sure that I know how to set the text color for the address
> bar in Firebird, but it involves editing the userChrome.css file.  That
> is fine for me, but if you want the theme to be usable out of the box, I
> would suggest either finding a way to change the text color or making
> whatever colors the address bar a much lighter shade of gray.   Also in
> firebird, the text on unfocused tabs is gray on gray.  (Don't you just
> hate those hybrid gtk apps?)
> 
> 
> That's all for now.  I'll keep using this theme today and let you know
> if I see anything else.  Thanks a lot for the cool theme.
> 
> Sincerely,
> John 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 19:33, Matthew Graybosch wrote:
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> > If anybody has the Industrial GTK engine installed, I've created themes
> > for GTK and GTK2 that use the Industrial engine and match my
> > "Preternatural" theme. You can get the whole package at
> > http://www.starbreaker.net/download/Preternatural.tar.gz -- untarring
> > the archive into ~/.themes will give you both the Openbox and GTK themes.
> > 
> > Please let me know if there are any issues? Also, if anybody knows how
> > to theme the tabs in the GAIM chat window, I'd appreciate a pointer; I
> > can't get the active tab to use any color other than black for text and
> > it's annoying.
> > 
> > - --
> > Matthew Graybosch
> > http://www.starbreaker.net
> > "Thou wouldst not be a sluggard? Well then, love a woman."
> > - -- Ovid
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