On Thursday 03 January 2013 08:19:35 Alexandre Couture wrote: > Hi everyone! > I wanted to share 2 icon themes for updating the look of TDE: > > -Crystal SVG Updated > http://www.filefactory.com/file/2sm4lju0j1ap/n/crystalsvg_zip > This icon theme comes from PCLOS MiniME 2008 (KDE 3.5.x). I don't know if > it is an official update of the old Crystal SVG or a theme made by the > PCLOS team, but it is a more modern version of it. > > > -Oxygen for KDE3 > http://www.filefactory.com/file/5w394u74iua9/n/oxy-tde_zip > This is the theme used in my PCLinuxOS TDE non-official remaster. It comes > from kde-look.org > > I personally think that keeping the old Crystal SVG theme as the default > theme is not good for the TDE project. The people who haven't used TDE will > think that it is always the same old project as KDE3. It just looks too old > and of course, the more actual Oxygen icon theme will go this way one day > or another, but as of now, I think that it would be a good idea for TDE to > use Oxygen or another icon theme, at least this updated version of Crystal > SVG. > > The same idea goes with the general theme. We aren't used to the > ''vanilla KDE 3.5.10'' these days. Themes with big lines separating GUI > elements aren't used anymore and even during the KDE 3.5.x days, almost > no distros used the default theme. > > This is just my personal opinion... > > -Alexandre One of the main reasons I gave up on KDE4 was that all of the easily viewable icon themes of KDE3 had been dropped in favour of low-contrast pastel icons, which my ageing eyes have trouble distinguishing. I really don't see anything wrong with good ol' hi-color classic. Why change a good thing? Leslie