[Goodies-dev] xfce theme/icon manager

[Cristian Lizana]

2007/10/22, Diego Ongaro <ongardie at gmail.com>:
> On 10/21/07, Cristian Lizana <clizana at compu.cl> wrote:
> > I've put them here the source code and the screen shots
> >
> > http://icc.utalca.cl/~clizana/xfcetm/
> >
> >
> > And tell me what do you think.
> >
> >
> > *MUST be executed from the terminal in the directory that contains
> > xfce_theme.py or doesn't work =P
> >
>
> I think you should have sent that e-mail to the list, not to just me.
> Still, I've added some comments below. I suggest you email the list
> the URL above, and then feel free to copy these comments in there to
> start up the discussion.
>
> I presume this application's target audience is less experienced
> users. Therefore, the user interface needs to be as intuitive as
> possible.  Some examples:
>
> * "theme" vs. "icon": What sort of theme are we talking about? Window
> manager theme? And isn't the second item an "icon theme"? Installing
> just one icon would be pretty lame.
>
> * While it makes sense to you, the developer, to have   "theme" or
> "icon" selected by drop-down, the interface might confuse a user. I
> think having a tabbed
> (http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.12/GtkNotebook.html) interface
> would make more sense.
>
> * The user is supposed to point the app at some sort of archive. Where
> would these come from? I suggest adding at least one link to a web
> site where he/she can go to get themes.
>
> * It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to use the original tarball for
> uninstalling themes. It's quite possible that the original tarball
> won't even be on the user's machine when he/she wants to uninstall the
> theme. A better idea would be to have a list or drop-down in which the
> user can select which theme to remove.
>
> Please accept these comments constructively. I am only trying to help
> you improve the application.
>
> -Diego
>

The theme vs icon are:
a Window  manager theme
an icon set downloaded from xfce-look.org for example

Almost all your comments are correct. thanks.