KDE Opportunities

[Matthew Woehlke]

pinheiro wrote:
> About theming plasmoids..... i never ment for all plasmoids to look alike I 
> think a nice set of similar plasmoids would be nice but all of them look the 
> same no... Think that kde-look will provide more plasmoids than the ones we 
> can bare to look at in a short periud o time... and like superkaramba some 
> will fit a style other another and people will chose what they like best...
> 
> Making them themable is also not a vey good idea IMO, they are really and they 
> are extremly themable  just that you have to edit the svg.And in doing so 
> create a new plasmoid. But creating a engine that can change them all at the 
> same time is a path to visual disarter. And a much more complex plasma, that 
> cuts alot of creative fredom from the artists/codors ... 
> 
> Matthew you know how hard it is to make a theme that looks nice in lots of 
> color variations and we have a very limited set of widgets, imagine that 
> multiplied by infinity cuse thats all you can do in an svg hardtimes infinity 
> makes it prety imposible, unless you trim infinite, and that is far worst IMO

Well, no, it's not *easy*, but I don't see why it shouldn't be 
do-able... after all, how is it so different from the non-plasma 
problems of designing a widget style and icons? The problems are the 
same, the solutions should be similar.

-- 
Matthew
Hey! Where's the witty punchline?
(with apologies to Hostess)