Re: Negativ Layout in Gnome 3

["Tomas Bacigal" <tom67t azet sk>]

Thank you Juanjo,

I used Compiz with Gnome 2 (Ubuntu 10.4 -11.04) and it pleased me with
simplicity of inverting colors - just one keystroke - which pushed
Ubuntu and (Linux at all) towards the choice of my primary OS. I was
tired (or lazy) to set up desktop themes and fiddle with settings of
browser and office suite every time I reinstall system. When I needed to
see a picture in its true colors or watch a movie I just turned the
single window  back to positive. However then in 11.04 there came a
regression (or bug you might call it) when no more the newly opened
windows remembered negative state as default.
HighContrastInverse theme is a nice feature and I used to use it also in
WindowsXP, where no better solution could be found besides a graphics
tweaking application named Powerstrip, with annoying pop-up window on
startup. Yet, the theme looks too much austere to please one's eyes.
There are also a handy plug-ins to Firefox, at least BYM to mention,
that do its job well  by modifying the design (e.g. CSS style) of
webpages.
I counsel to use xcalib because of it's simplicity, though it's not
fully satisfying (inverts everything including pictures).
However I'm looking forward to seeing Gnome 3.4 meets my requirements.

Regards
Tomas

> -----Povodna sprava-----
> Od: Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es>
> Prijata: 14.11.2011 22:51
> Pre: Tomas Bacigal <tom67t azet sk>;
gnome-accessibility-list gnome org <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
> Predmet: Re: Negativ Layout in Gnome 3
>
>
> ----- Mensaje original -----
> > De: Tomas Bacigal <tom67t azet sk>
> > Para: "gnome-accessibility-list gnome org"
<gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
> > CC:
> > Enviado: lunes 14 de noviembre de 2011 10:55
> > Asunto: Re: Negativ Layout in Gnome 3
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I also miss the negative colours option in Gnome 3, since my eyes
get
> > rapidly tired staring at bright colours prevailing on
> > desktop/webpages/documents.
> > Already when Compiz was not able to invert newly opened window I was
> > alarmed and looked for some permanent solution. On one forum I found
a
> > faint notion of a simple utility called xcalib. Just type
> >
> > xcalib -i -a
> >
> > to terminal or make shortcut on your desktop (or add to startup
> > applications). It does not satisfy the need of inverting specific
> > window, nor leaving out desktop background image, but it can save
our
> > eyes until the accessibility option is implemented in Gnome 3.
> >
> > Tomas
>
>
>
> GNOME shell, the new interface used by GNOME 3 doesn't use compiz at
all,
> it uses mutter. So I guess if you are using the GNOME 3 fallback mode.
>
> I recommend you to use a  High Contrast theme (check the a11y icon in
> gnome shell or in System Settings >Universal Access) and a High
Contrast
> Inverse GTK+ Theme (use the application gnome-tweak-tool or Advanced
> Settings)
>
> Evince, the document reader application, also has an inverted color
built-in option
> that I think can be useful for you. AFAIK, you can also tweak your
favorite browser
> for rendering pages with inverted colors (using a plugin, customized
css, etc)
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>    -- Juanjo Marin
>
>
>
> PS: For GNOME 3.4 there are plans for better High Contrast themes and
the
> Magnification in GNOME Shell will include contrast Effects