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> Though we could disable theming directly in our apps, we do not want to resort to this. Lol, I look forward to the followup sites: StopPatchingThemeSuppor
by chriswarbo 3y ago
> Though we could disable theming directly in our apps, we do not want to resort to this.
Lol, I look forward to the followup sites:
StopPatchingThemeSupportBackIntoMy.App
StopDistributingYourOwnBuildsOfMy.App
StopUsingTheMorePopularForkOfMy.App
GTK2 has a large ecosystem of themes, and flexible (but slow) engines like pixbuf for those who don't want to write C. GTK3 broke that, but promised that its CSS-like styling would let a hundred flowers blossom as Web devs could contribute. Over a decade later and scouring OpenDesktop shows mostly just "flat design" and "flat design - dark mode".
I know that GTK vs Qt and Gnome vs KDE are holy wars, but GTK/Gnome seem to be squandering their position as the distro's default choice. Many standalone/third-party projects have jumped ship (e.g. PCManFM, LXDE, Audacious); I wonder if major distros will do the same (after all, Ubuntu wasn't afraid to push Unity).
PS: OK, I admit Vertex is quite nice; but GTK seems to keep breaking themes with each point-release https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1013757 https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1013757
PPS: Are we really calling things "apps" now?
PPPS: Does anyone know a (not yet broken) GTK3/4 theme which changes the scrollbars from their godawful default? I've been looking for years; I'd roll my own, but the lack of diversity across themes makes me worry it's too painful to bother.
(Written from Firefox (which uses GTK) on Phosh (a mobile-friendly Gnome compositor) on a Pinephone ;) )