[Mono-winforms-list] Re: Theming in MWF

[Vladimir Lushnikov]

Ok, compiled svn (with a few problems, monodevelop crashes now) but
theming improved a little - unless what I get is non-standard ::
http://www.vladsharp.com/images/prog/winforms_look2.png

Regards,

On 21/12/05, Vladimir Lushnikov <vladimir.d.lushnikov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, thanks for the overwhelming suggestions to use the clearlooks
> theme - will checkout svn and try it.
>
> Regards,
>
> On 21/12/05, Alexander Reiter <r.alex at utanet.at> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >    have you already tried: export MONO_THEME=clearlooks
> >    this looks great.
> >
> > /alex
> >
> > Am Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 13:35 schrieb Vladimir Lushnikov:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I finally got around to seeing the WinForms implementation in Linux.
> > > And even when exporting the "nice" theme (export MONO_THEME=nice) -
> > > let's face it, Winforms currently looks awful. If an example is
> > > required, then take a look at
> > > http://www.vladsharp.com/images/prog/winforms_look.png
> > >
> > > But enough complaining. How can it be made better? I don't have any
> > > clue on implementation details, but since WinForms is a canvas-based
> > > implementation, I don't see any reason why it couldn't look as good,
> > > or better, than, say, Swing applications in Java.
> > > (http://www.vladsharp.com/images/prog/swing_look.png) I don't even
> > > know Swing that well, but I do know it looks much better that (e.g.)
> > > the default forms look in Firefox on Linux. Why can't Linux look good?
> > > Well, there are toolkits to change to make the default look look good.
> > > But why can't Mono's Windows.Forms implementation look good? Yes, it
> > > might take time to get a decent look, but can it not be done?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
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