On Thu, 2014-08-14 at 23:37 -0400, Adam Batkin wrote:
* The default theme uses a lot of extra empty space around UI
controls
and also as part of window titlebars. Sure, it's pretty, but you lose
a
TON of useful space. Open something like Eclipse on a Mac and compare
with Gnome and see how much extra "stuff" you can see on the Mac
(hint:
Apple has found a way to make the UI both pretty AND functional even
on
screens with limited vertical pixels).
This is a valid point. Adwaita only works well on high-resolution
monitors. KDE is able to fit way more functionality into the same amount
of space, while still looking good.
Oh, and when I tried another
theme that had less blank space around Window titlebars, it turned
out
that some windows use some new Gnome API which draws the titlebars
differently, so those windows still look like they are using Adwaita
Sounds like a theme that was never updated for GTK+ 3.10, or not updated
properly. Header bars can be themed. The only challenge is that your WM
theme must match your GTK+ theme, otherwise they will look out of place
next to the WM's decorations used by other apps.