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Re:A new wave of Linux applications by viraptor on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @06:47PM (#30367498)
There's a difference between "we'll test and support two color schemes" and "we'll design ui with parametrised colors, shapes and text sizes which can adjust to any change and still be usable". If we settle on bright/dark/colorblind mode selectors that everyone expects to be supported, I'm happy. I've seen themes in the past and there was always a few apps which just can't resize elements in the expected way, or the backgrounds don't tile correctly, or ...
Re:A new wave of Linux applications by selfhoster11 on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @07:29PM (#30367905)
Ok, then don't support it. But don't patronise me. Don't tell me I couldn't possibly wield the power of recolouring a piece of UI without hurting myself, and deny me the chance to even try.
Re:A new wave of Linux applications by floatboth on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @08:01PM (#30368252)
No one can deny you anything with FOSS. Go ahead, edit everything, just please don't complain to the developers that something broke because of that.
Re:A new wave of Linux applications by teddyfrozevelt on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @08:22PM (#30368420)
But libadwaita hasn't taken away the ability to try? You can still load custom themes through GTK_THEME and specific CSS through ~/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css.