The World Lacks Colour

[kerravonsen]

I hate blood tests. My arm hurts. And I need both arms to do computery stuff.

In other news, why is it that computer application themes (such as GTK+ and Firefox themes) come in only three flavours:
- bland
- garish
- black
Can't someone invent a tasteful, interesting theme that isn't black?

You people were right when you said you'd comment less, weren't you?
(iz sad)

Comments

[cheyinka]

I like my fake-wood Firefox theme, and my gray and blue (which I guess might count as "bland") GKrellm theme, but in general I agree with you. (See also: every DeadJournal system style.)

http://www.endersgame.net/~cheyan/screenshots/notquiteright.png has both my Firefox theme and my GKrellm theme in it.

[kerravonsen]

Yes, I'm rather fond of the "Walnut" Firefox theme, but I don't want to use it everywhere. I use it on my laptop, along with a GTK Theme called "CedarBrass", which is highly modified from a GTK Theme called "HandCraftedFromCedar". It seems like wood-look themes are the only exception to the rule, being interesting, tasteful, and readable.

http://too.katspace.org/gallery/scrapbook/2010-03-24-113946_1280x800_scrot.png is a screenshot, showing both "Walnut" and "CedarBrass" themes.

[cheyinka]

Which is interesting, because there's so many possible color themes that aren't based around wood, at least it seems like there should be, but metal-look ones are often either too bright or too low-contrast for me, and I haven't seen anything else that attempts to imitate real-world hues and isn't "a bucket of melted crayons"-garish.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Heh, well, I'm still not comfy with using OpenID all the time, so it makes me more choosy about when I comment/whether I have time.

Sorry about the blood tests! :(

Also: I agree completely about the themes on computery stuff. When I upgraded Firefox recently, I checked out their new themes and was disgusted; I remain a simple gray, which is at least easy on my eyes.

[kerravonsen]

I'm trying a new Firefox theme now; Old Factory Silver (Light). It looks all Steampunkish.

Vimperator doesn't play well with it, alas; the tabs go all wonky. I've found a strange combination of commands which seem to reset the tabs to their correct appearance; I hope it doesn't break things.

[hawkeye7]

You can't win with tests. All that can happen is they find something wrong.

[vilakins]

I found what I thought were some nice, simple Firefox themes (e.g. a pale turquoise one that reminded me of tropical seas) but it was a bit much when I installed it. I'm just using the boring standard one, but that's OK as it's almost invisible.