August 2008 Screenshots

l33tunderground · 2008-08-20 00:59:12

@Marcel-

I have a possible solution for you!

the gtkrc file wrote:

# scrollbar_color = "#789E2D" # This gives you colorful scrollbars.

Uncomment that line and get colorful scrollbars so you can see things!

Edit: I nearly forgot, that's the default green, not the bright one. Change that color with #00cc00.

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Marcel- · 2008-08-20 02:36:17

Thanks, but unfortunately not. As you can see in the following picture, the scrollbar of the rein theme is custom made (notice the dark slider against a lighter track color).

Screenshot of scrollbars

But perhaps I should boost the contrast of the whole theme anyway, which will make the scrollbar slider more visible anyway.

Rasi · 2008-08-20 06:23:20

ramoneur wrote:

http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08342/august08499.png.xs.jpg

ooh, i love b/w photography.. is she known?

oew · 2008-08-20 14:19:31

My new toy, Acer Aspire One, running Arch Linux with Openbox

oew

esters · 2008-08-20 14:32:41

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ramoneur · 2008-08-20 15:30:24

Rasi wrote:

ramoneur wrote:
http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08342/august08499.png.xs.jpg
ooh, i love b/w photography.. is she known?

yes, its brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio

seasponge · 2008-08-20 19:17:53

Breakage wrote:

Xfce, compiz fusion, emerald.
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6664 … umblf8.png

looks great, how do you hide the compiz fusion icon from the system tray? what gtk and font you using?

coarseSand · 2008-08-20 20:53:59

Dimon-z wrote:

coarseSand What Terminal u using?

That'd be ROXTerm, no transparency, bg color set to #232323 and monospace-10 for font.

semperfiguy · 2008-08-20 21:48:57

Awesome WM. Trying out a green theme. still need a good gtk theme and still not quite satisfied with the colors.

Dirty: Clean:

murderbymodem · 2008-08-21 00:13:57

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erikl · 2008-08-21 03:27:54

colbert · 2008-08-21 06:41:58

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sand_man · 2008-08-21 06:58:39

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vomix · 2008-08-21 10:24:34

semperfiguy wrote:

Awesome WM. Trying out a green theme. still need a good gtk theme and still not quite satisfied with the colors.
Dirty: Clean:
http://xs330.xs.to/xs330/08343/08_20_08 … png.xs.jpg http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08343/08_20_20 … png.xs.jpg

Try Tempura it perfectly fit this wallpaper!

mrunion · 2008-08-21 13:15:40

OK, I'm just intrigued now!

What WM, etc.?
What theme?
And the big one -- how the heck do you handle NO TITLE BARS? How do you close the app? Move it (shortcut keys?)
And when you minimize it, how do you get it back? Is that a task bar at the top?

Anyone?

colbert wrote:

http://www.bobgill.net/desktop20080821thumb.png

semperfiguy · 2008-08-21 14:13:18

Awesome WM with the suggested Tempura theme. Thanks for the suggestion .

Just gimp and thunar in this one.

mrunion · 2008-08-21 14:35:34

OK, on the questions I asked two posts above, I managed to squint out the WM as being Fluxbox. Still can't read the others -- but that's less important.

I still wonder how people deal with no title bars. Am I missing something cool?

bslagowski · 2008-08-21 15:59:17

mrunion wrote:

I still wonder how people deal with no title bars. Am I missing something cool?

Well, Colbert's actually appears to have title bars - look at the file manager, browser, and nitrogen. They all have that white top bar with the black thingy to the right. It's quite possible that the "buttons" (the minimize/maximize signs, close sign) appear when the mouse is hovered over them. The others appear to be exceptions to the rule, such as the open terminals. These are probably set on a per-app basis.

As for how people deal with it, I dunno. I've tried doing no titlebars before and even though it's very easily doable (alt+tab and hotkeys to minimize, maximize, and close - super+d, super+z, super+x respectively) I didn't find any added benefit. Not to mention I like seeing the titles of my windows. If you're used to using a lot of hotkeys then not having titlebars doesnt really have a big impact. At least, not in my experience.

Berticus · 2008-08-21 16:28:47

Yeah, you two are missing out on something BIG (and very cool)! They're called tiling window managers (dwm, xmonad, awesome, wmii, Ratpoison, StumpWM, Ion and larswm). The idea is to maximize screen usage by getting rid of everything that's not needed such as the titlebar and empty spaces (snapping windows together).

I'm not sure if all tiling window managers are like this, but xmonad is geared towards being mouseless. Think about how you use the windows for a minute. Either you're only using that application, or you're using a few together at the same time. If you're using one application, having it fullscreen makes sense, no need to waste empty space. If you're using multiple applications and need to look at them all, then instead of overlapping, split the screen up. That way you don't waste empty space, but you can look at everything you need to look at, at once. No need to flip through windows, although that is an option.

The obvious thing you see is optimized screen usage. The thing about "hot keys" or "key bindings" is with tiling window managers that aim to be mouseless, such as xmonad, the keys used are very ergonomic, so switching windows, organizing and doing everything with the keyboard was significantly faster and more efficient than using a mouse. Moving a mouse requires too much movement, and I already have the pointer set to travel 5x faster than the original mouse speed. Increasing the speed won't help the mouse be more efficient or faster to work with.

Another thing is, you should know what window you're in, so in that respect, the titlebar is useless.

In GNOME, KDE or traditional window managers following WIMP, the keybindings are naturally awkward and requires too much movement that they're not much faster than using the mouse, or in many cases a lot slower.

I'm actually kind of surprised there are some members here who don't know about tilting window managers when there are so many topics about them around the forum. Makes me wonder if this was actually supposed to be kept one big secret in this thread...

Cosay · 2008-08-21 16:40:31

I use Evilwm and window management is a two handed affair (ATL+Mouse-1 to move a window and ATL+Mouse-2 to resize a window). I can also move and resize windows with just the keyboard, if I desire.

colbert · 2008-08-21 18:12:55

mrunion wrote:

OK, I'm just intrigued now!
What WM, etc.?
What theme?
And the big one -- how the heck do you handle NO TITLE BARS? How do you close the app? Move it (shortcut keys?)
And when you minimize it, how do you get it back? Is that a task bar at the top?
Anyone?
colbert wrote:
http://www.bobgill.net/desktop20080821thumb.png

mrunion, I use fluxbox and the details are in the screenshot (font/theme/etc., though I almost always at least slightly modify any theme I use hehe). I use titlebars ("Decorations" they are called in Fluxbox configuration) on pretty much all of my apps, but I have a shortcut key to take them off/on, and I typically don't keep them on with rxvt (shell). Also, I use alt+left mouse button to drag windows all the time.

Hope it helps

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fwojciec · 2008-08-21 18:55:43

mrunion · 2008-08-21 20:55:42

@Berticus

I do software development -- which doesn't necessarily need a mouse -- but I also do 3D modeling/animation and graphics work -- which kinda does need a mouse. I do understand your point, but I just don't think tiling WMs are for me. But you gave lots of good info!

@colbert

Thanks for the info! Since my last post I have installed fluxbox on a new user account and am playing with it. I just might leave Gnome of this thing!

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krib · 2008-08-21 21:01:25

ob: Carbon
gtk: slightly modded FlowerPower

sand_man · 2008-08-21 23:09:19

Cosay wrote:

I use Evilwm and window management is a two handed affair (ATL+Mouse-1 to move a window and ATL+Mouse-2 to resize a window).

I was under the impression that most WMs have this functionality

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