[E-devel] New theme

[Toma <tom...@gm...>]

Hi all,
Now, I know raster is working on a new theme, and I know a lot of
people already love it, but its so far a lot of the same in terms of
whats already out there. (Please dont debate that on this thread!) And
I applaud him for keeping to the norm and keeping it simple, but EFL
is far more powerful than whats already in there. Im thinking about a
theme that does still keep a semi-traditional edge, but really pushes
the boundaries of UI, 'beautiful'-ness and originality.

Here are some simple rules.
1. Dont copy Mac. -Apple already done it.
2. Dont copy Vista. -It sucks. :)
3. Dont copy KDE4. -KDE already done it.
4. (Should I even mention gnome?) -Sarcasm.
5. Make sure its entirely usable by people. Half-wits dont generally
wander too far from gnome. :)
6. Make the user say "Oh my. Thats something E17 can do? Im in love."
7. K. I. S. S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)

Youre probably wondering, thats all good and fine, but this means
nothing without screenshots.
So, Im asking you all for some input. Just some simple ideas, be it
for a check box, a window button, a slider, a background... whatever.
If you have any screenshots, or like the way some other theme already
does something, throw that in there too. But remember, "Originality"
is going to be key to this design experiment. I also would like to see
this come as a separate theme thats installed as default to show some
contrast in E design between rasters new one and this other that
hopefully we all make.

Lets make E kick ass all over the place!
Toma.