Hi David,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 20:28, David D Lowe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daviddlowe.flimm@gmail.com">daviddlowe.flimm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear all,<br>
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I just discovered that my efforts to design Universal themes (or Cooperating themes) are redundant. The mailing list discussion date as far back as 2007.<br>
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You can see the current state of the Theme Package Spec here:<br>
<a href="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/ThemePackageSpec" target="_blank">http://freedesktop.org/wiki/ThemePackageSpec</a><br></blockquote><div><br>thanks..<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I've summarised the differences between that proposal and mine at this blog post:<br>
<a href="http://epidermis.tuxfamily.org/blogs/flimm/10/08/17/universalcooperating-themes-is-duplicate-effort" target="_blank">http://epidermis.tuxfamily.org/blogs/flimm/10/08/17/universalcooperating-themes-is-duplicate-effort</a><br>
</blockquote><div><br>more thanks ;) <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
In a way, I'm glad that they are other people who see the need for a common theme package format.<font color="#888888"></font><br></blockquote></div><br>Yes: Theming is important, in that it enables a simple way ("Personas) to personalize your GUI's surface. Therein, not only personal style but also functional preferences can be considered, and we'll no longer delve into settings and options, rather choose "use cases" or "modes".<br>