New Wave

GTK2 Themes

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Description:

It is time to give a modern and professional look to our desktop! The new theme makes more clever use of orange (not over-use it) and is mainly color-neutral. It is designed for Ubuntu in mind but can be used in other distros that may bear warm colors.


Installation: (requires pixbuf theme engine)
Very simple. Just double click the file newwave-(xxx).gtp where (xxx) is the version number e.g. 050. Note that if you have previous version of the theme in your home folder you need to remove it first. You may need to log out then log in to make all changes appear (e.g. handlers, lines). For more information on how to fix Firefox's menubar text and how to use the theme in root programs see the README file.


Extras:
The package also contains:
- New Wave Configurator (GUI),
- Emerald themes,
- Compiz-fusion settings,
- Second theme with dark menus,
- Firefox skin,
- Some metacity tweaks.
- Time applet tips.
Theme for xfwm4 (Xubuntu) can be downloaded in the Download section of this page.


Support & News:

Check the latest news at my blog: http://ankere.wordpress.com/

Any bugs should be reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/anton

If you have questions ask them in Launchpad Questions section:https://answers.launchpad.net/anton
or in the Help tab of this page.

You could also sponsor me (in the form of donation) in order to buy a cheap laptop and work on New Wave more. You can do the donation by clicking on the donate button on the right of the download section.
Last changelog:

11 years ago

v 0.8.2
- Statusbar, selected text, popups in Nautilus, tooltips, text improvements (lighter text)
- More lightness in menus and desktop items (transparancy and toned colors)
- Improved active tab and horizontal line gradients.
- Transparent panels and items possible when using flat panel theme (use NW Configurator to set up)
- IconView and Assistant Window themed much better.
- Infobars are styled properly to match the theme.
- Added focus for the items in nautilus and many other apps.
- Improved selected workspace bg color in the applet.
- Fixed the rendering glitch in Appearance manager.
- Improved NW Configurator - transparent panels and more.
- Redesigned progressbars inside treeviews to match the other progressbars better.
- Fixed long standing issue with Evolution's preferences wrong colors.
- Restyled frames in Gedit statusbar and the panel.
- New theme format gtp for easier installation (just double click)


v 0.8.1

- Brasero notifications color fixed.
- Rhythmbox 'Now playing' tool-tips can now be seen.
- Fixed scrollbars in OpenOffice and Firefox by using hack.
- Firefox skin for Firefox 3.5
- Firefox and OO unreadable menubar text could be fixed with Configurator.
- Metacity enchantments for dialogs (only visible when compiz effects are off)
- Lotus Notes and Eclipse 100% CPU bug fixed.
- Old combo-box is themed better in OpenOffice and other apps.
- Introducing a Configurator (GUI) for easy modification of some theme properties.


v 0.8.0

- Treeview has new headers, items and focus system.
- Make nautilus sidebar use custom treeview design for better integration.
- New design for scrollbars and scrollbar arrows.
- Better tooltips that look more three dimensional (3D).
- Progressbars are more "color rich" and have more depth. Thus they are more attention grabbing.
- Modified etched out shadows.
- Emerald usability fix in the button bottom border color.
- Textboxes, tabs, combobox entries and range controls have focus indicated by glow.
- Firefox theme available for better integration.
- Opera theme by Kyle Baker (see download section because it is not included in the pack)

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dilomo

12 years ago

There's nothing changed in here about metacity. I will check this out.

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jgallen23

12 years ago

it looks like the only difference is 050 has a parent folder called newwave in the tar and the 051 doesn't

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dilomo

12 years ago

Yes that is the problem. The 050 version installed in folder New Wave and the 051 in folder new-wave051 that is not unified. I will fix this soon.

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Enzo01

12 years ago

Looks good indeed.
Good work.

PS, явно си се готвил и за матурите докато си правил темата :)

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dilomo

12 years ago

Thank you!

PS: Че и за изпити се готвих :)

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neurosaur

12 years ago

I like the GTK and emerald, may be you could extend it to GDM, usplash etc.. and what icons theme would you suggest?
maybe you can develop things like that Elementary OS project...

thank you

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dilomo

12 years ago

For gdm I recommend:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Intrepid+Ibex+GDM?content=86712

as it has similar colors and effects. As for the icons you could get the ones at the LaunchPad project (currently on the screenshots) here:

https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-new-wave/anton/devel.icons

These Icons are based on the Elementary Icons set (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Elementary+Icons?content=73439)

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neurosaur

12 years ago

I guess this theme has a great potential, sort of dark themed but also easy on the eyes. the GDM you suggested goes well but i guess a separate Login Screen would make the pack more attractive and complete, Good Luck!

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dilomo

12 years ago

What do you mean by separate login screen? Other than the one I proposed or smth else ... ?

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neurosaur

12 years ago

Now you have done the right thing, referring to your GDM, http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/New+Wave+Gdm?content=87370
If i may be critical, it would look better if the login box (your selected color in the theme) were a bit smaller! like the box in the original theme.

You have any plans for a wallpaper for your theme and GDM (background), the suggested one is good, but i think by creating one, your themes will be more effective, hope I am not asking too much from you!

here is a screenshot, of my desktop using your theme!
http://neurosaur.deviantart.com/art/new-wave-screenshot-95142202

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dilomo

12 years ago

You have nice desktop ;)

You are right about the login box. I don't like it that big either. I will see what I can do about it. Btw do you like the color of the login box?

Yes I have plans for an active desktop (wallpaper slideshow that changes during night and day depending on the hour). But I have no certain ideas yet.

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dilomo

12 years ago

When you have smth ready drop me a note to try it out. Good luck to you too!

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neurosaur

12 years ago

I guess if you choose a compatible (better) background, it would go well with the color of the login box, people have different tastes! I like the idea that it matches with the selected color in your gtk theme.

As far the changing wallpaper goes, a simple neat abstract wallpaper would do the trick if different shades (if thats what you are looking for) are compatible with your theme colors! good luck!

P.S. You inspire me! I guess i would get started on some theme/wallpaper!

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astoyanov

12 years ago

Mnogo dobre izglejda.



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http://astoyanov.deviantart.com

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dilomo

12 years ago

Радвам се, че ти харесва :)

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shirteesdotnet

12 years ago

Privet! Excellent work! I like it very much!

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eitreach

12 years ago

Something about them isn't working out. I think it's the fadeout of the arrows - I would either remove the upper border so they become one with the read of the scrollbar, or make a completely solid border around them.

Looks nice, otherwise.

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dilomo

12 years ago

Thanks for the comment!

I tried a lot of combinations for the scrollbars and if they were not in the scrolled window widget it looks much better but several problems appear. First the line on the left of the horizontal scrollbar is almost the same color as the inner shadow, that would be drawn if the scrollbars were outside the widget, thus resulting in 2px thick line that isn't quite beautiful. Then there is and issue if I remove it in some apps the inner shadow of the content is not drawn and then they look unfinished.

I will further work on the sliders so that they look good as you suggested and appear well in all applications.

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eitreach

12 years ago

I'm not (yet..) too well-oriented in gtk theming, so you'll have to excuse me if something just sounds silly or wrong.

However, I wondered if it was perhaps possible to use that element from the new murrine engine - I know at least the feature is available there. Try looking up murrine symphony - I think it shows what I mean better. =)

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dilomo

12 years ago

Probably it's possible. But the engine is not released to the public yet (I know there is svn but it's not stable enough).

I could not quite understand you about what element I should look for in this murrine symphonic? Could you be more specific?

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paraboy

12 years ago

Here's a screenshot that shows of the new murrine scrollbars: http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.media/murrine_glass.jpg

That said, since you're using the pixmap engine (and are obviously good at making art), you have no use for it. I like the scrollbars as they are.

What I find odd is the colour variance: the selected menu item is very dark in comparison with the rest of the theme, the list headers are different from the buttons (why?), and so on.

Other than that, it's a very promising pixmap theme. Keep up the good work!

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dilomo

12 years ago

The variance is intentional to make the use of the theme easier because what human eye sees first is color and when it's different it knows it is different object.

However this practice may not work very well with pc themes :) so I will try different options and see what's best.

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dilomo

12 years ago

Don't worry, the yellow scrolls looked weird and somehow apart from the whole theme. Now it looks more consistent.

Sure I'm the designer but sometimes I make mistakes or just don't do what I feel is right. Now I feel the scrolls look better ;)

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paraboy

12 years ago

I did not mean to come off as right or wrong. I was simply pointing out that IMHO fewer colours tend to work better together. I was very impressed with your theme, hence the interest. But design is in the eye of the beholder. It's your theme, your choice, dude. Keep up the good work.

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dilomo

12 years ago

I reply to myself because there is no other way.

So I guess paraboy is right about that all colors should be of the same type and have to differ only in light/dark tones. I'll try to fix this and as soon as I'm ready I will upload the theme here.

Thanks for the useful feedback!

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11 years ago

v 0.8.2
- Statusbar, selected text, popups in Nautilus, tooltips, text improvements (lighter text)
- More lightness in menus and desktop items (transparancy and toned colors)
- Improved active tab and horizontal line gradients.
- Transparent panels and items possible when using flat panel theme (use NW Configurator to set up)
- IconView and Assistant Window themed much better.
- Infobars are styled properly to match the theme.
- Added focus for the items in nautilus and many other apps.
- Improved selected workspace bg color in the applet.
- Fixed the rendering glitch in Appearance manager.
- Improved NW Configurator - transparent panels and more.
- Redesigned progressbars inside treeviews to match the other progressbars better.
- Fixed long standing issue with Evolution's preferences wrong colors.
- Restyled frames in Gedit statusbar and the panel.
- New theme format gtp for easier installation (just double click)


v 0.8.1

- Brasero notifications color fixed.
- Rhythmbox 'Now playing' tool-tips can now be seen.
- Fixed scrollbars in OpenOffice and Firefox by using hack.
- Firefox skin for Firefox 3.5
- Firefox and OO unreadable menubar text could be fixed with Configurator.
- Metacity enchantments for dialogs (only visible when compiz effects are off)
- Lotus Notes and Eclipse 100% CPU bug fixed.
- Old combo-box is themed better in OpenOffice and other apps.
- Introducing a Configurator (GUI) for easy modification of some theme properties.


v 0.8.0

- Treeview has new headers, items and focus system.
- Make nautilus sidebar use custom treeview design for better integration.
- New design for scrollbars and scrollbar arrows.
- Better tooltips that look more three dimensional (3D).
- Progressbars are more "color rich" and have more depth. Thus they are more attention grabbing.
- Modified etched out shadows.
- Emerald usability fix in the button bottom border color.
- Textboxes, tabs, combobox entries and range controls have focus indicated by glow.
- Firefox theme available for better integration.
- Opera theme by Kyle Baker (see download section because it is not included in the pack)

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