GNOME Color Chooser - great tool !

Faun · 16-04-2008, 05:55 AM

I found this tool to be a great GUI enhancer without any hassles of digging from the developer perspective. After all we need easy life and why waste time in doing something which is less of a priority, at least for me. This tool is for Debian and Ubuntu. Though a similar tar.gz archive exists at https://launchpad.net/gnome-color-chooser

NOTE: Ubuntu users please add this repo to the sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list), but remove this line from the sources.list file after installing the gnome-color-chooser, as you dont want your Gutsy to be Hardy:

Code:

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main universe

Press Reload then Install Gnome Color Chooser from synaptic

Open it from System > Preferences > GNOME Color Chooser
Look at the icon text on desktop, they could be unreadable if the background image is light.

Check the boxes corresponding to Icon Labels frame as shown below, now it looks good, u can set the custom color for icon texts and background and even the background opacity.

This Selection Box looks more Vista-ish, so lets make it Debian-ish..lol

Check the options under Slection Box , set custom color from color pallette, and opacity too (I like things transparent)

This one is a performance feature, as per my experience, you can see pics beside text in any button, here "Close", "Apply" and "Help" have pics beside text, I want to get rid of them.

To remove the icons beside texts check the deactivate (stock) icons checkbox under Buttons, as simple as it is

This scrollbar bugs me with its current fatty width, I crave for slim beauties, so lets make it one

Under Scrollbars check Width and Button Size, now ready for a date :drool:

Here Menu Panel doesn't match with the rest of the mid segment theming

I changed the Panel to Clearlooks engine

Fugly Progress Bars, umm...lets change them too with an animated one

I selected Clearlooks engine Progress Bars, but the animation is not there...huh

Wait...it is there. Just Click on Preferences and select Style Glossy and check Animations check boxes

Yay for the Gnome Color Chooser

NOTE: I couldn't stick some emoticons as the bugger seem to have problem, it considers emoticons as images too and doesnt allow more than 15 images...lol

Rahim · 16-04-2008, 07:09 AM

Not in the Ubuntu repo

Faun · 16-04-2008, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rahimveron

Not in the Ubuntu repo

a brief how to for Ubuntu users added

ray|raven · 16-04-2008, 08:17 AM

^Dude, does this work with gnome or gtk?

Coz if its gtk , then perhaps i can use it in Xfce.

Faun · 16-04-2008, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayraven

^Dude, does this work with gnome or gtk?

Coz if its gtk , then perhaps i can use it in Xfce.

yeah it works with gtk2 and the site says it works well with xfce too

look at the FAQs section:
http://"http://www.punk-ass-*****.or...olor-chooser/"

replace asterisks with b!tch...lol

ray|raven · 16-04-2008, 08:25 AM

^Sweet. Thanx for the info.

Rahim · 16-04-2008, 09:33 AM

This is the error i get after rload:

Quote:

Could not download all repository indexes

The repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in the preferences.
http://archive.ubuntu.org.cn/ubuntu/...6/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found
http://archive.ubuntu.org.cn/ubuntu/...6/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found