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You could contribute to making decent Gtk themes. Gnome tends to be the face of Linux, as it's the default desktop for Ubuntu & Fedora, so the way gnome looks
by hasenj 16y ago
You could contribute to making decent Gtk themes.
Gnome tends to be the face of Linux, as it's the default desktop for Ubuntu & Fedora, so the way gnome looks is the way Linux looks.
Now, Gnome uses Gtk for widgets, and in my opinion, Gtk is inherently flawed, and it will probably never look as good as Aqua. But I definitely see room for improvement. If more graphics designers get involved, it's more likely that Gtk will get "fixed", where by "fixed" I mean it will evolve to a form where it can compete with Aqua.
- kingsidharth 16y agoGood point man. To "fix" it all that we need to fix is: type rendering. That's the MAJOR difference between MAC OS and Windows or Windows XP and Windows 7 or MAC OS, Windows and Ubuntu (haven't used Fedora, new around here) If we can pull this one off - good type will begin to fix the design. It will tell you when things are off. Writing an open letter / blog post about it!
- Zev 16y agoThe problem with font rendering is (or, was) patents, not technology. Freetype can render text as nicely as OS X does. But, for a very long time, this was disabled by default. http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html has links to the patents. Which have apparently expired.
- kingsidharth 16y agoNow we know why we love Open! Anyways, now that they have expired we can do better, right? I am getting Ubuntu 10.4 let's see how nice it is with fonts! Cheers mate1