Ideas for a Visual Refresh

AndyMender · 2016-04-16 07:10:58

@hhh, I see you're balancing the amount of flatness .

damo's theme seemed very attractive to me. It has that strong MS-DOS/Electrobody legacy look, yet introduces some flatness as well.

On a sidenote, BL's great theming was one of the things that brought me to BunsenLabs initially . Pure Debian requires too many adjustments to me.

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damo · 2016-04-16 14:17:56

^^ Nice combo's

johnraff · 2016-04-17 04:04:09

Great topic @hhh - things look very interesting down the road...

Just as long as:

MrDowntempo wrote:

I hope the current theme sticks around as an option.

I really like things the way they are too, to be honest. As long as us graphic conservatives are also catered for it's all good.

Peregrino69 · 2016-04-17 15:53:55

hhh wrote:

Us devs had talked earlier about slowly introducing accent colo(u)rs into our default theme

... as long as you leave the current theme available as an option. Apparently I'm not the only one taken by it

EDIT

... that being said, I like the flat look, transparency and accent colours hhh presented. I could very easily see the red option on my own desktop, with something like 90% transparency.

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Eraph · 2016-04-17 23:17:35

hhh wrote:

8o
@damo, this managed to slip by me, it's very nice!!!
http://capn-damo.deviantart.com/art/Fla … -576872337
Some simple wallpapers to help define a color palette. I'm failing at uploading it to our BL art page, but it's online at least. Bunsen
Trek.
Blue
http://hhhorb.deviantart.com/art/Blue-6 … 1460775763
Yellow
http://hhhorb.deviantart.com/art/Yellow … 1460775951
Red
http://hhhorb.deviantart.com/art/Red-60 … 1460776180
Orange
http://hhhorb.deviantart.com/art/Orange … 1460776319
Purple
http://hhhorb.deviantart.com/art/Purple … 1460776428
Green
http://hhhorb.deviantart.com/art/Green- … 1460776526

I love these choices, I'm particularly keen on the yellow accent. It looks good on the site and forum themes here as well. Might be good for the BunsenLabs identity, to differentiate it from #!'s love of grey (but I do love grey as well).

becker_11 · 2016-04-18 06:37:01

Love the ideas and would be interested to try them out. Thing is I tend to change my mind very quickly with themes. Corenominal's #! grey being possibly the only theme I've stuck with long term on any distro/os.

In a nut shell. I'm in provided #!/BL grey remains an option.

damo · 2016-04-18 14:35:39

becker_11 wrote:

.... I'm in provided #!/BL grey remains an option.

I don't think we have ever considered removing it

Peregrino69 · 2016-04-18 14:57:47

Eraph wrote:

I love these choices

Seconded I think the red and purple could be toned down a bit. At least in my screens (3 with entirely different gamuts) they are screaming for attention, unlike the others.

cloverskull · 2016-04-18 15:20:46

I've always loved this look: https://sarai-the-geek.deviantart.com/a … -493990346

hhh · 2016-04-19 00:45:27

^Ooo, very nice! Too bright for Bangers, I wonder if I can do an opposite color scheme for that.

re: The Original BL theme going away, two points...

We're talking long term, we're not shocking the monkey here, but let's get some ideas and feedback.

And two, I pointed out right after #! The End that a grey theme, a somewhat dated WM, a monospace system font and cool conky, compton and tint2 configs had captured the attention of an unexpected number of former and new Linux users, and that we shouldn't mess with that. BL-Hydrogen still has an updated version of Waldorf, I don't think we'll be dropping our legacy GTK2 themes until GTK2 goes away, and I'll do my best to ensure GTK3 keeps the same look (more or less) until it's too much of a PITA.

martix · 2016-05-09 16:33:12

I love the battery and network icon on the color-themes.

It's only subjective but those four little icons on the left break somehow the simplicity. It's very easy to remove them though. It might be heresy to mention, I mean plain debian, obenbox, tint and conky, basically, but after trying out plank, I would almost say keep the grey simplicity and put those four (or even more) icons on the left on an autohide-plank-dock. I know, might be a silly idea, but plank is humble, simple and brilliant - like #bĺ. Maybe I just like plank so much, because on smaller screens it makes a difference having more space on the tint bar for 3-4 tabs without icons (and the icons are still available on the dock).

damo · 2016-05-09 16:57:36

@martix
Personally I remove the launchers from my tint2's, since hotkeys launch them all more easily. BL decided that having them there is a good compromise between minimalism and functionality for new users. Many people coming from a full DE may find Openbox quite bare and unfamiliar anyway, and autohiding a dock could be a deal-breaker for someone trying a live session for the first time.

Remember the BunsenLabs philosophy - provide a lightweight but efficient environment, which can be configured any way the user likes.

If you get a good setup configured, then post it so we can all have a go

PS You can have the launchers in a separate tint2, with autohide. Another dock app isn't necessary.

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