[Bf-committers] UI changes from cycles branch

[Brecht Van Lommel]

Hi,

I can add user configuration for a few things, and most of the changes
(at least the controversial ones) are just changes to existing
settings. But I would like to change the default theme as well, and I
think it's useful to discuss that here and tweak things.

Brecht.

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
> Hi Brecht,
>
> I would like to have seen this proposed differently. Namely:
>
> - Mention the changes in defaults that are part of themes already
>   (means, users with saved themes won't notice any change!)
>
> - Propose which new options could go to themes
>   (The area/region embossing can get themable for example)
>
> - Suggest to deliver the default startup.blend with two themes;
>   one more 'flattened' and one more 'embossed' (as 2.5x).
>
> I'm actually quite sure most of the changes are either already in
> themes, or easy to add or fix to get work right. Saves a lot of
> useless discussions if we can solve it that way.
>
> The UI & Style stuff I worked on was really meant to be flexible, so
> we can give Blender fresh fashionable looks once a while. :)
>
> -Ton-
>
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> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>
> On 24 Oct, 2011, at 1:21, Brecht Van Lommel wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Here's a patch with a subset of the UI changes in the cycles branch
>> that I'd like to merge into trunk. Are there any objections to this?
>>
>> Before: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19452
>> After: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19453
>> Patch: http://www.pasteall.org/25777/diff
>>
>> I don't think they would need any documentation updates, it's just
>> small things that wouldn't confuse anyone in screenshot:
>> * Remove emboss on areas and regions
>> * Remove button emboss
>> * More subtle colors and gradients on buttons
>> * Black arrows on menu button
>> * Panel header changed look & smaller
>> * Screen splitting widgets look
>> * Toolbar/properties expand button look
>>
>> Not included:
>> * Droid sans font, was not received very well for the few days it
>> was in trunk
>> * Contrast reduction on icons
>> * Auto hide scrollers (later, is unfinished)
>>
>> I'd still like to change the font in trunk, but it seems hard to get
>> an agreement on this. Some tests:
>>
>> Lucida Grade (mac ui font, non-free):
>> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19454
>> Ubuntu font: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19457
>> Droid Sans font: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19458
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brecht.
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