Comment 7 for bug 158392

It doesn't save much energy on modern monitors. But I agree. I end up
inverting all of my colors when I'm working in the dark/late at night. It's
nice to have the option of bright colors or dark. I've seen a few dark
remixes of the Heron BG that look very nice. And it's an svg, so with the
right transparancy it can be changeable on the fly.

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Christophe Olinger <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> I completely agree. PLease consider adding a dark theme in the default
> themes package.
>
> Here a small screey of my desktop
>
> ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13839150/Screenshot.png
>
> --
> Ubuntu need a dark theme and background
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158392
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> Artwork Team, which is a bug assignee.
>
> Status in Source Package "ubuntu-artwork" in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-themes
>
> There is no Ubuntu theme with dark background in the theme package that is
> installed by default.
>
> There are the special high contrast themes that do not look well on
> hardware that provides sufficient contrast, and there is the Darklooks
> modification of Clearlooks that is in the extra themes. Darklooks is usable
> and does have dark background but it looks somewhat bland since it has no
> colors.
>
> Themes with dark background are useful because some screen defects
> manifest more noticeably when dark text is rendered on light background
> making the text harder to read. Also I find too light backgrounds tiring for
> my eyes.
>
> Another reason to use dark background might be that it probably saves
> energy on most CRT screens ;-)
>