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Shiki-Colors mixes the elegance of a dark theme with the usability of a light theme, resulting in a hybrid theme. Shiki is designed to be fast and stable.
There is a Clearlooks version for out-of-the-box compatibility with most distros and a Murrine version for eyecandy and speed.
There are 7 color variations (Orange, Blue, Green, Purple, Red, Chocolate, Pink). A matching set of Icons, Wallpapers and GDM themes can also be downloaded separately from gnome-look or at the gnome-colors project page.
You can edit the theme's source (the gtkrc files) for further customization, which is all too easy due to the included instructions.
Must read or clowns will eat you:
* The Murrine version will only work with Murrine 0.90.3 or newer. Yes, you will need to upgrade unless you're using Ubuntu Jaunty.
* The borders are very thin, and titlebars/menubars are unified because of "LOL, ELEGANCE". If you have any difficulty resizing windows, try the included alternate metacity with thicker borders.
* In Ubuntu, for themes (installed through appearance preferences) to be able to theme applications in admin mode, you must type in a terminal:
sudo ln -s ~/.themes /root && sudo ln -s ~/.icons /root
Fedora users can get an installable package of Murrine 0.90.3 (x86) here until is not available in release section:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1529612/gtk-murrine-engine-0.90.3-1.fc12.i586.rpm
* In Ubuntu, you can use the official PPA repository for easy installation and upgrades. For Ubuntu Karmic Koala, you can simply run apt-get install shiki-colors to install from Ubuntu's universe repositories. The packages are also available in Debian Sid.
* To fix minor Firefox 3 bugs in Shiki-Colors, install the Stylish add-on and go here (or install the included userChrome.css file following the instructions in README):
http://userstyles.org/styles/10822
* Visit the GNOME-Colors project page for bug reports, feature requests, SVN and more downloads:
http://code.google.com/p/gnome-colors/
* Consider donating a small amount to the GNOME-Colors project if you wish to support it, or to show your appreciation. You can do so by clicking on the "donate" button next to the download section.
11 years ago
4.6 (2009-09-25)
* Add support for Chromium's GTK theming.
4.5 (2009-08-03)
* Update Green, Pink, Orange and Red palettes for better contrast.
* Fix a minor Firefox urlbar color issue in green/orange variations.
4.4 (2009-07-14)
* Add new Pink (Illustrious) color variation.
* Add support for gdm-user-switch applet in Karmic.
* Fix panel matching in Dust-Murrine variant.
* Remove spaces in metacity names for easier RPM packaging. You might have to
remove the old metacity folders or run make uninstall from a previous version.
11 years ago
4.6 (2009-09-25)
* Add support for Chromium's GTK theming.
4.5 (2009-08-03)
* Update Green, Pink, Orange and Red palettes for better contrast.
* Fix a minor Firefox urlbar color issue in green/orange variations.
4.4 (2009-07-14)
* Add new Pink (Illustrious) color variation.
* Add support for gdm-user-switch applet in Karmic.
* Fix panel matching in Dust-Murrine variant.
* Remove spaces in metacity names for easier RPM packaging. You might have to
remove the old metacity folders or run make uninstall from a previous version.
kahlil88
11 years ago
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perfectska04
11 years ago
Murrine does not draw striped tabs, this is not related to the theme.
If you want striped tabs, you have to get the Clearlooks version.
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kahlil88
11 years ago
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PiAnto
11 years ago
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perfectska04
11 years ago
You can file it as a bug in the gnome-colors project page, as it might be easier to debug and fix there.
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drBonk
11 years ago
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cac2s
11 years ago
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9941/tray.png
if I use other themes then all icons looks normal.
$ yaourt -Qs gtk-engines
extra/gtk-engines 2.18.4-1
Theme engines for GTK+ 2
$ yaourt -Qs gnome-panel
extra/gnome-panel 2.28.0-1 (gnome)
The GNOME Panel
p.s.: sorry for my english :-/
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drBonk
11 years ago
It is the best theme i've found so far - it's not mac-based or vista-based (which is quite rare these days) and it's very consistent (many great themes out there have trouble with consistency in their look).
Keep up the good work!
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zcrar70
11 years ago
It's by far the best I've seen for Gnome so far, I hope it eventually gets adopted as the default by some distros (preferably Ubuntu :-)
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molecule-eye
11 years ago
The only request I have is to come out with an official emerald theme. Metacity doesn't anti-alias the rounded corners of window decorations, so it looks like shat.
Nice work!
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Majki-Fajki
11 years ago
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perfectska04
11 years ago
In order to use custom/transparent panels, you have to disable the ones that are shipped with Shiki.
In order to do this, just open the /themes/Shiki-$COLOR/gtk-2.0/panel.rc file in a text editor, and delete the line which says "Disable for normal panel backgrounds".
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cypherpunk
11 years ago
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perfectska04
11 years ago
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MissingNumber
11 years ago
What sound scheme do you use with this theme? While I'm at it, what cursor do you use?
Keep up the good work with this theme! I can't wait for the next update.
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perfectska04
11 years ago
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Dream?content=75398
As for cursors, I always use the simple white ones that come as default. They're neutral, simple and efficient.
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MissingNumber
11 years ago
...when I said "I can't wait for the update", I never expected it to come out on the same day that I posted that comment! :)
Talk about lucky!
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perfectska04
11 years ago
The Shiki update is just a bugfix for Chromium browser, but the icons got a major overhaul.
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mvalviar
11 years ago
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perfectska04
11 years ago
Perhaps bugs can be filed to murrine/clearlooks so this type of feature can be implemented? The only other way to do this is with pixmaps, but no pixmaps are used in Shiki to keep everything fast and clean.
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zeltak
11 years ago
First of all awesome theme..the best ive seen for gtk (ive been using kde for the past years...:)
Since i cant seem to find a guide on how to and cant seem to search the posts ill just ask
is there a possiblity to get a blue or cyan version of the shiki themes? if not is there a how to or FAQ on how to modify the theme
thx alot
Zeltak
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perfectska04
11 years ago
If you'd like to hardcode it/make it permanent, you can open the gtkrc source file and change the color value manually. The file has instructions built in, so you just have to follow them.
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mxt
11 years ago
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11 years ago
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