I suppose it could be a good point to create some kind of contest like people did when looking for a logo.
2013/9/27 Swen van Zanten <f...@hdsign.nl> > > > Op 26 sep. 2013 om 19:53 heeft OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> > het volgende geschreven: > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:36 AM, garethdanielsmith < > > garethdanielsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> In my opinion the default appearance of Spark components in Flex could > be > >> greatly improved. > >> > >> As an example, the Ext JS (AKA Sencha) javascript framework has many > >> components very similar to the ones in Flex, indeed Ext has billed > itself > >> as > >> a Flex replacement. Ext has a gray theme (amongst others) that is very > >> alike > >> in color scheme to Flex > >> ( > >> > http://docs.sencha.com/extjs/4.2.1/extjs-build/examples/build/KitchenSink/ext-theme-gray/#progress-bar-pager > >> ), > >> but somehow everything looks nicer in Ext. Both Ext and Flex make use of > >> gradients and alternating colors in grids and icons and drop shadows > and so > >> forth, but they are used more tastefully in Ext. > >> > >> In my experience it is possible to get Spark looking very nice, but this > >> generally requires lots of tweaking of > >> paddings/margins/colors/fonts/layouts. My experience with Ext has been > that > >> the defaults generally look good. > >> > >> Personally a prettier default theme for Flex would be a major incentive > for > >> me to use it in new development. > >> > >> This is just my 2 cents/pennys of course - I am aware that no-one has > any > >> obligation to do the large amounts of work required to make Flex > prettier. > > This shouldn't be very hard to implement codewise. The biggest hurdle, > > IMHO is to get a designer type person or a developer with a good eye for > > graphic design to come up with an overall look and feel. > > > > For example, we are trying to change the default look of the Flex mobile > > app. The hardest part is creating the visuals. Luckily, Android makes > the > > default visual assets available on the dev site. After that it is just a > > matter of using the right tools to convert the formats (from AI to FXG, > > CSS, etc.) > > > > Another good example is the skinning work that the Fuse Collective folks > > did for the Apache Flex logo and the Installer skins. > > > > Are there designer folks who want to help out here? > I might be able to help out on this one.. > > > > Thanks, > > Om > > > > > >> Gareth > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/NEW-SKINS-FOR-FLEX-DESKTOP-COMPONENTS-tp30005p30077.html > >> Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > >> >
