1 - Sonar theme in there and possibly as default - as great as -shell looks normally I like the idea of openSUSE being different from the pack.
I don't hold much weight here but here is my 2 cents:
I don't like Sonar myself, but I can tell others do. There is a sizeable amount of people who like Sonar and who don't like Sonar. Because the default theme is one of the distinguishing features of a distro and I believe not enough thought is put into it (I could be wrong) we should have an official vote on whether we keep Sonar as the default theme or change it.
I'd like to propose two things 1. A 5 question (read "very short") questionnaire thats asks users what they want in a default theme 2. A poll that gives the user approximately 3 to 5 themes to choose from.
My Plan: - Ask users (including developers and all stakeholders in openSUSE Gnome) what they would like in a theme. For example: 1. Do we need a theme change? 2. If so, should the theme be the same as upstreams? 3. If not, should it be similar or should it be completely different? 4. Should the new theme be a light theme or dark theme? 5. <insert useful question here>
- Leave the short questionnaire open for a significant amount of time (2-3 weeks), so that _everyone_ has the ability to vote (even if they are on vacation) - Find some themes based on what our users want! For example if the majority of users answer like this: 1. No new theme. 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A
Our work is done - we keep Sonar as default :)
OR
-> Yes, a new theme please. -> Not the same as upstreams. -> Completely different theme. -> Dark theme
Now we take the results and find the 5 best, completely new, and dark (green) themes that I can find based on those results and create a poll asking which should be the default.
I believe that this is fair, open, and brings attention to our distro. If we ask, we will receive.
Note: this is a perfect time to look at the theme. We can't change it anytime we want because we need to be consistent. Therefore, a serious vote by the community is highly needed (which is why I stress the questionnaire should be short, so users enjoy voting).
Oh, and I can handle most (if not all) of the work in setting all this up, if we choose to take this route :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+owner@opensuse.org