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Hide "advanced" theme options?

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JdGordon:
This is a half idea to maybe fix some of the confusion with themes and settings.
If this option is added and enabled (so these settings are hidden) the only options under the theme settings menu would be load a .cfg. You would not be able to set colours, load a sbs or wps manually (from the browser or settings), ditto backdrops, etc.
This would completely eliminate confusion because all the settings which make up a theme would be hidden from the user.

With the option disabled it would be the same as now, complete with all the current confusion.

Llorean:
Where's the third option, "remove most of those settings permanently"?

I think loading .sbs, .wps, and .cfg manually are okay, but most of the extra settings themselves can be dropped.

JdGordon:
I've tried having this discussion also, it ended pretty aggressively last time and I gave up.

The civil argument is it forces users who dont want fancy but do want colours to create a .sbs to do it.

IMO loading backdrop, sbs, wps, icons file (not in the menu though) are all useless and just add clutter. Ditto for colours and "ui viewport" (also not a menu-ed setting)

Llorean:
I think loading the individual files via context menu (not automatic behaviour via associated file types) might be nice for people who really want to mix and match themes.

But with the complexity of themes increasing vastly it might make sense to shunt everything to actual theme files.

Is there really that many people who say "oh, darn, man, I really, really need the screen to be purple with cyan text right now!" who couldn't set it up in advance.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't really understand what the user who needs a colour setting expects? Do they change colours often, or is it something else?

AlexP:
I agree - it is time to move to loading pre-done themes (in the large part).

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