[Kde-games-devel] KShisen tiles suck?

[Parker Coates]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 09:29, Parker Coates wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 08:20, Mauricio Piacentini wrote:
>> Parker Coates wrote:
>>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 19:27, Ian Wadham wrote:
>>>> Amen to that !!!!  I believe every themed game should have either
>>>> a Themes menu or a Themes entry in the View menu or a special
>>>> line for Themes in the Settings menu.  And I do *not* think "Themes"
>>>> is a good name for it.  Does "Themes" mean anything to our respective
>>>> wives, mothers, brothers, sisters, children and grandchildren?
>>>
>>> I would suggest "Graphical Themes" as a more explicit possibility.
>>
>> Looking at what other parts of the project are doing, I am going to
>> suggest that we also add an
>>
>> Appearance
>>
>> menu. This is what is used for example to configure the graphical theme
>> to be used for the desktop, or Plasma. Right-click your desktop to have
>> a look at it, or click the cashew.
>>
>> Inside it, you can select the graphical theme to be used. People do not
>> seem to have a problem with the word themes in this context (Oxygen
>> theme, Aya theme, get new themes) But having the first point of contact
>> named "Appearance" in the menu (or configure menu subentry) will
>> facilitate discovery a lot.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> Personally, I find the word "appearance" to be a bit weak in the
> context of game themes. Changing the appearance of the desktop, does
> just that: it makes things look different. Changing the game theme, on
> the other hand, can change the entire feel of a game. It can change
> the way you identify with the "hero". It can take the game to a new
> environment. It can even rearrange the widgets in certain cases.
> "Appearance" just doesn't quite capture that.
>
> But having given it some thought, I'll have to concede that, all other
> things considered, "Appearance" is probably the best option. It is
> consistent with other areas of the desktop and it leaves little room
> for confusion.

It seems like we were in agreement here.

Does anyone object to me making this change to KGameThemeSelector?

Parker