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[Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>]

It changes the wallpaper throughout the day, but not the theme. I love this
feature about GNOME shell, but I still like Unity better, and want to see
the theme change throughout the day in Unity if this is possible. (Sorry
anyone who does not like my Windows 8 signature, I cannot disable it, and
cannot remove it with the backspace key). Thanks!

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 *From:* shane lee <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:56:50 PM
*To:* Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*CC:* unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* Re: [Unity-design] Chameleonic theme

Gnome Shell does this by default doesn't it?

On 22 May 2012 20:37, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I like the idea for changing throughout the course of the day. As far as I
> know, no other Linux distro has this feature. I definitely know Windows
and
> Mac OS X don’t have it. I would love to see this implemented. Thanks!
>
> Sent from my Windows 8 PC
>
> From: Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:07:59 PM
> To: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Chameleonic theme
>
> That was exactly my concern with transparency. That's why it thought a
> chameleonic theme might be better.
> As far as I remember, the themes are defined in css and the ambiance
themes
> use a base colour, which is then adjusted to get the darker/lighter
shades.
> My idea would be simply to alter that base colour to the same colour
chosen
> by the rest of the unity shell. Since this would be a one time write to a
> text file every time the background changed, it shouldn't be a problem for
> day to day use. I suppose the only impact might be on people with dynamic
> backgrounds (something I believe canonical said they would look into for
> 12.10 earlier on this list), where the colour value would change over the
> course of the day.
>
> I think I have a way of creating a chameleonic theme initially so I'll put
> it together and see how it looks. The only thing I can't work out how to
do
> at the moment is detect when the wallpaper is changed, without polling
every
> few seconds (to avoid delays between changing the wallpaper and the theme
> updating). If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Matt
>
> p.s. I was intending to write this as a bash script, so methods of
detecting
> the wallpaper change in bash only would be preferable.
>
> On 22/05/12 18:47, shane lee wrote:
>>
>> I like the idea in general but I am slightly concerned what impact
>> something like this might have on performance?
>> I would be interested to hear from someone in the know?
>>
>> I would maybe think this could be a Radiance replacement, rather than
>> an additional theme.
>>
>> On 22 May 2012 17:37, Matt Richardson<m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Absolutely. I actually stated that in the original remit. As much as
>>> possible, the user's options should be kept open.
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On 22/05/12 16:45, Ryan Gauger wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05/22/2012 10:40 AM, Jonathan French wrote:
>>>
>>> Unlike the current implementation of chameleonic launcher and
>>> notifications,
>>> though, (due to a bug), it should be optional. :P
>>>
>>> The GNOME 'representative colour' recognizer seems to have an
>>> inexplicable
>>> fondness for finding the single pixel of brown in a wallpaper and
picking
>>> that as the launcher colour.
>>>
>>> On 22 May 2012 13:53, Ryan Gauger<rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would definitely like to see this land in Quantel. Great idea!
>>>>
>>>> On May 22, 2012, at 6:30 AM, Varun Priolkar<varunpr97@xxxxxxxxx>
 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mark said the Ambiance theme will be refreshed for 12.10.. so lets
>>>>> wait n watch..
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/22/12, Matt Richardson<m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would really like to see a chameleonic theme land in 12.10.
>>>>>> Not a transparent theme. Instead simply the ambiance theme (light to
>>>>>> dark vertical gradient) but where the base colour is taken as the
>>>>>> average colour of the wallpaper.
>>>>>> I also think this would help the top-left corner issue, as the
>>>>>> launcher,
>>>>>> panel and window would blend a lot better.
>>>>>> Also, this wouldn't prevent the user from selecting non-chameleonic
>>>>>> themes, as some people would prefer the contrast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>> Matt
>>>>>>
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>>>
>>> Yes, I agree with you. It should be optional. The current Ubuntu light
>>> themes should be an option (maybe default, with chameleon theme an
option
>>> in
>>> System Settings ->  Appearance.
>>>
>>>
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