FVWM: SGI IRIX 3.3 theme for fvwm

[o***@hushmail.com]

Hi!

Any chance anybody would be willing to help me make an IRIX 3.3 theme for fvwm?

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There's just something about that UI I find extremely attractive. Maybe it's the simplicity. Maybe it's the nostalgia of what SGI used to represent -- super cool high end computers for governments, universities and the super rich, the promise of a better future, cameo appearances in movies like Jurrasic Park.
Or, maybe it's the sense of calm that sweeps over me whenever I see a UI that doesn't try too hard to fit in. That doesn't try to please the endless hordes of hipsters and gamers whom, while they certainly love to hate on others, wouldn't know how to design something proper themselves even if their lives depended on it.

Thanks!

OP
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[Thomas Adam]

Post by o***@hushmail.com
Hi!
Any chance anybody would be willing to help me make an IRIX 3.3 theme for fvwm?

http://www.fvwmforums.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2581&p=14474

-- Thomas Adam

[o***@hushmail.com]

Post by Thomas Adam
http://www.fvwmforums.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2581&p=14474

Yeah, that was me.

Post by Thomas Adam

Post by o***@hushmail.com
Hi!
Any chance anybody would be willing to help me make an IRIX 3.3

theme for fvwm?
http://www.fvwmforums.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2581&p=14474
-- Thomas Adam

[A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven]

Post by o***@hushmail.com
Any chance anybody would be willing to help me make an IRIX 3.3 theme for fvwm?

I'm currently working on a theme based on IRIX 5.3. There are a few
already but I've been trying to combine the best parts of those and
further refine the result. And maybe 5.3 isn't quite like 3.3, but I'd be
happy to exchange ideas if you're interested.

AvW

P.S. Unfortunately I no longer own any "pizzaboxes" (Indys) so I'm pretty
much working from memory and screenshots.

[o***@hushmail.com]

Hi,

Post by A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven
I'm currently working on a theme based on IRIX 5.3. There are a few
already but I've been trying to combine the best parts of those and
further refine the result. And maybe 5.3 isn't quite like 3.3, but I'd be
happy to exchange ideas if you're interested.

This is great news! Would you mind sharing what you've got so far?

Yeah, 5.3 isn't quite like 3.3. In my opinion they should have stuck to 3.3, especially for the window decorations. However I do feel there's some work to be done on the scrollbar up / down arrows, as well as the lightning icon to the upper right corner. Like you say, combining the best parts of all releases definitely sounds like the way to go.

Post by A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven
P.S. Unfortunately I no longer own any "pizzaboxes" (Indys) so I'm pretty
much working from memory and screenshots.

Cool. What happened to them?

OP