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Bug 107286 - Many "Install theme..." buttons are confusing
Many "Install theme..." buttons are confusing
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] theme-manager
2.2.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on: 102216
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-02-28 20:00 UTC by Viet Yen Nguyen
Modified: 2005-02-01 22:37 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description Viet Yen Nguyen 2003-02-28 20:00:10 UTC
Hi,

The theme manager has improved very well since 2.0. However, a few users of
my complained about some confusion when installing themes.

These users downloaded themes from art.gnome.org and tried to install them.
The first window has a "Install theme..." button, but under details
controls, window border and icons has one too. They didn't know which
button they should use. 

I think there are two possible solutions:

One: have a "smart" "Install theme..." button. It must automatically detect
what kind of theme the user wants to install so it can install it in the
proper directory (.themes or .icons).

Two: Give these buttons clearer names. So call it "Install icons", "Install
   window borders" and "Install controls". The problem with this, is that
the concept of "Window borders" and "controls" are not very clear to the common
user.

Well I hope you can do something with this.

Regards,

Viet Yen
Comment 1 Andrew Sobala 2003-03-01 11:18:27 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. The theme-manager needs some usability work
still.
Comment 2 Jonathan Blandford 2003-08-12 21:40:54 UTC
Won't be fixed for 2.4.  Theme capplet is high on the list for
reworking for 2.6.
Comment 3 David Sedeño Fernández 2004-07-24 15:55:10 UTC
In the bug #102216 there are a proposed patch that fix this issue.
Comment 4 David Sedeño Fernández 2005-02-01 22:37:46 UTC
Just committted a patch in bug #102216 that fix this bug. Removes the install
buttons in details controls.