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swah on March 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What would you like to see in Ubuntu 11.10...

A dark theme is for "hackers", not for the general public.

middus on March 14, 2011 [–]

I disagree: many of my non-hacker friends really liked the dark taskbar of Windows Vista and thought it looked cool.

swah on March 14, 2011 | [–]

Indeed, I forgot that one. Then I can't explain why Ubuntu feels wrong. Its like I pressed Ctrl + Option + Cmd + 8 on OSX.

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