[openbeos] Re: Icon Design Contest submission

On 2006-08-21 at 13:26:54 [+0200], "Jackson, Anthony" 
<ajackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Would it be possible to have icon "themes" and let the end user decide?
> I realise this is post-R1 talk, but I like so many of the submissions
> it'd be hard to choose between them. :)
> 
> This may be feature creep, but eventually I can imagine end users
> wanting a completely customisable experience (complete with curved,
> alpha-blended window decorations/edges as discussed ages ago on this
> list).  For a self-proclaimed media-OS, making it look pretty and
> visually customisable would seem like an important feature - and how
> many of us judge software on the wow-factor in the screenshots?
> 
> I know many of you love the traditional BeOS themes, but it is, well, a
> bit "80s" really and might not appeal to the masses.
> 
> Tony (currently liking the ultra-modern Dropline Neu theme)

Please, careful what you write. :-) You're very likely unleashing an 
endless discussion. Please, everyone, bite your lips and don't! :-)

No, the icon contest is about the icons that are part of the default Haiku 
distribution. Or rather, the icons that are the official Haiku icons, in 
SVN. (What you get when you build from source.) That's all we should care 
for right now, nothing more. It's enough work already. Right now, it 
doesn't make sense to discuss wether or not themeing is a good thing, 
wether we need it, how it should or should not be done. We will get to that 
after R1, I'm sure it is going to come up again. But please, not now. :-)

Best regards,
-Stephan

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