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[Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Em 08-10-2012 09:40, Joern Konopka escreveu:
> Oh great, now i accidentally sent this?
> This was in my Drafts Folder for months, so i don't even know what's 
> the current state of this. If it is comepletely outdated please excuse 
> me. Also excuse me if there are sentences that don't make sense 
> whatsoever. I was just brainstorming and just wrote from the top of my 
> Head.

This list was silent anyway. Let's take the opportunity to shake things up.

Here we go:

>     -What *can* be done anyways
>     http://gnomejournal.org/article/107/styling-gtk-with-css <- This
>     Page provides a nice overview of what can be achieved with CSS and
>     GTK. Now we would have to start getting
>         creative with it as soon as CSS support lands. Sandboxing like
>     a Boss.

GTK 3.6 has just raised the bar:
http://worldofgnome.org/gtk-3-4-brings-various-improvements/

>     -Do people even WANT styles?
>        A lot of people love Styles, it would now be nice to know how
>     many actual Polly Users (even though we are not that many yet)
>     would like to see it supported in a more direct way (meaning an UI
>     Element that will let me pick a style). Of course everybody who
>     can write a Style can use a Style in GTK3 but that's something for
>     advanced Users and a selection box is not evil by any means, it's
>     just not a priority right now.

My current code for the more-delayed-than-duke-nukem-forever
Polly 0.94 supports overriding the system GTK theme with a custom
CSS, if such sheet exists on a certain location. My personal opinion
is that this is very poweruserish, so my tendency is to resist anything
easier than that.

>     -How do we fallback if we can't support Styles in some Environment?
>      This is probably the most important thing to keep in mind, not
>     everybody has Style out of the Box or even wants that, or at least
>     we can say; we shouldn't rely on a style being there.

The default behavior will be using the system GTK theme. The code
will only use a custom CSS if the file exists in the correct location.

On the rest of what you wrote, I will reply with another email later.
I'm going to suggest something less flexible but more consistent.

By the way, thanks for sending this Joern, even if accidentally. :)
I can see you put a lot of thought and research into it.