Clone mockups in code

Some time ago - around the beta period in the intrepid cycle - I’ve found a nice mockup of a window on deviantart by willwill100. While that was an idea for the gdm-login, which as such I did not like within the login-scope, I liked the style of the window itself. Fast forward to the present days. I found some time here and there and in between to hack a bit on this. What I got so far looks like this:



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On the left you see the mockup-image in eog and on the right the implemented thing. There are remaining issues to be solved and fixed, but it’s getting there. Once I’ve found some more time to finish it, I’ll put it somewhere at a publicly accessable spot.

The nicest bit about this kind of look is the fully outline-less border and the artefact-free wobbling (if you happen to have that enabled). The end of the story is: client-side drawn window-decorations is the next big thing imo. The idea is not new and I did not come up with this concept (krh did). More and more I run into situations, where I wish we already had those in gtk+ and Qt.

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6 Responses to “Clone mockups in code”

  1. tretle Says:
    March 8th, 2009 at 4:36 am

    This looks really sweet :D

  2. Alvin Says:
    March 9th, 2009 at 10:31 am

    may I know the gtk style you used in the picture?
    Thanks.

  3. Yann Dìnendal Says:
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    Alvin: It’s Dust.
    And a theme have been made based on this mockup, it’s calles New Wave. Both will be part of the installed themes of ubuntu Jaunty. :)

  4. jordi Says:
    March 16th, 2009 at 11:54 am

    Amazing

  5. Shot Says:
    March 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    Note that willwill100’s deviantART page links to a GTK theme + GDM screen + wallpaper: http://willwill100.deviantart.com/art/Interpid-Ibex-Mockup-Part-2-93584910

  6. kalmbach Says:
    April 23rd, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    Inspired on your work, I decided to make something like that too. It does not compare to your excellent work, but I really like the final aspect of the application. screenshot here.

    (sorry for my english).

    regards.
    /jk

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