--- Maynard Kuona <knxmay001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 03:47, Globe Trotter wrote: > > --- Maynard Kuona <knxmay001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 20:35, Globe Trotter wrote: > > > > Sorry if this is not appropriate for posting here. > > > > > > > > I use GTK2-versions of Firefox for my browser and of sylpheed-claws for > my > > > > e-mail agent. I wanted to use separate themes/settings for each of > these. > > > How > > > > do I set it up if I want to do that? Is it possible, or do I have to > stick > > > with > > > > the same GTK2 settings for every application? > > > > > > > > Thanks and best wishes! > > > > > > > > > > The GTK is a system wide theme. So you cannot use different themes per > > > app. That would be skinning, and would be frowned upon anyway. > > > > Hmmm....that's bad! Does that mean that despite the fact that there are so > many > > themes available, I am stuck on having to use one theme for everything? Is > > there no way this can be got around? > > > > No, that is not bad. That is good actually. The apps are supposed to > look the same and act the same because that his how the developers > intended it. It is bad usability to have application skinning. If you > want a skinnable app, then either look for a different one, or write one > ;) > > It was designed that way. How many Windows apps, or rather Microsoft > apps can you skin. Next to none. Skinning results in large > inconsistencies which are to be avoided. Thanks! This should not be an argument, should it? Why I like Linux, is, among other reasons, the fact that I and not some monster decides what I like for myself.... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
