Favorite GNOME Themes

I recently installed a Wiki for my personal use, to keep various notes, configuration instructions, etc. And I was updating a page on my GNOME settings, so I decided to go to art.gnome.org and see if anything new caught my eye. The themes there are sortable by popularity. So for grins and giggles, I decided to see how popular my favorite GNOME themes are. I like pretty simple themes, so not surprisingly, my favorites are pretty low. For Window Borders, I like TigertCrack 1.2.1. In popularity, it is way down, at number 84 of 112. What's kind of interesting is that there are other similar themes like Niknak that are much higher. Niknak is at number 13 in popularity. I think the buttons on Niknak are too large though. My Login Manager theme didn't fare as bad. I like the Glass Foot theme, which sits a 22 of 66. So its well in the top 3rd in popularity. There are alot of more flashy themes above this. I guess if you wanted to make a bold statement, this is where to do it. Angel is a nice theme at number 4 but I don't think it would hold up in the corporate world. Too risque. And last of all is the Application theme. I go pretty simple here, with subtle flair. ThinIce is the one. As the description states "Just a nice and fast theme." Amen. But as far as popularity goes, this one ranks way down at 143 of 166. My guess is that part of the reason this one is so low is that it "ships" as part of the GNOME distribution, at least in newer versions of GNOME. So, no need to download separately.

(2004-10-07 08:29:06.0) Comments [7] // Permalink