Why are GNOME themes so limited compared to KDE?

[Viva]

I'm not talking about the number of themes, but the defined widgets/features. There are some beautiful themes on gnome-look.org, but most of them don't define tabs and buttons properly.

[alex.rayu]

Gnome themes are so limited as compared to KDE because KDE has just recently taken up a newer, better toolkit. Gnome will also do that in about a year. There appear to be some promising initiatives around.

[PedroSilence]

Honestly I do like The simplicity of gnome since i got used to it

If you want another kind of desktop themes u have a lot of other desktop enviroments to choose from.


Good luck

[alex.rayu]

I too like gnome's simplitity. But this simplicity needs to be brought to step with modern trends some. So don't tell me I can as well ditch it than ask for it to continue updating.

[days_of_ruin]

I'm not talking about the number of themes, but the defined widgets/features. There are some beautiful themes on gnome-look.org, but most of them don't define tabs and buttons properly.

Vague much? What exactly does kde do differently?

[Vadi]

Um, wow. Was just going to same thing days did. Hi days.

[izizzle]

Also the fact that KDE has Plasma which lets Superkarambas and Plasmoids integrate into the desktop flawlessly.

[Vadi]

Yeah. Unfortunately, desktop widgets have nothing to do with theming, and are a far from an original technology.

[Giant Speck]

What theme engines does KDE offer other than Bespin and QtCurve? (Or Domino for KDE3, which I miss terribly) Is there a pixmap-based theme engine for KDE?

Can you create and customize a theme with a text file? I know there are Bespin configuration files and QtCurve configuration files, but is there a single, general theme file for KDE like .gtkrc?

Can you combine theme engines to create a custom theme?