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~Jeff Hoogland
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My name is Jeff Hoogland and you’ve landed at my website. In a nutshell I’ve got a masters degree in mathematics and a passion for computers. I grew up in the Chicagoland area and I am a certified teacher in the state of Illinois.
I am the lead developer and the project manager for the Bodhi Linux operating system and I am the author of the Thoughts on Technology blog. I currently reside in central IL working for Randstad Technologies.
I, personally, love Green. It was the thing I loved most about Bodhi when I first encountered it as a beta. I thought the green-on black was a great throwback to the old "terminal" look and had a lot of "geek chic."
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, but most -- if not all -- of your themes look messy, half-baked and user-unfriendly. Complete inconsistency in the placement of things like the window list and notification area, inconsistency in the appearance of the latter, the GIMP's component windows appearing separately in the window list (instead of one button saying GIMP), horribly designed dialogs like the "Theme Selector" and "Shelf Settings" with color choices that make things unreadable, like white text on a bright button.. and the list goes on. Maybe these are not problems of the themes, but rather of Enlightenment itself, I don't know. The end result is a messy desktop that I doubt can be usable for long and for serious work.
ReplyDeleteI'll feed the troll with one comment.
ReplyDeleteYou obviously have never used the E desktop (or if you have you didn't take any time to learn how it works). They layout of your desktop has nothing to do with the theme you choose.
Jeff, Half of that comment is directed at the color i.e., they have a legitimate problem with the themeing. What's with the ad homenim reply?
ReplyDeleteI have no trouble reading any of the text in the themes I list here. If you have an issue with them you are welcome to create a theme yourself.
ReplyDeleteWell I have to say none of those are my favorites either, except maybe la noche...I love Agust's black and blue themes.
ReplyDeleteBut what I get from Jeff's post is Enlightenment's massive customizability.
I have a hard time using any other desktop now.
Can we get 'Rounded Windows' instead of the square ones?
ReplyDeleteThis theme offers some rounded corners.
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