Orta Changelog

What's new in Orta 1.4.1

Feb 25, 2011
  • Synaptic fix for gtk2-engines-pixbuf version 2.20 and older.
  • Main menu icon size reverted to 22.

New in Orta 1.4.0 (Jan 13, 2011)

  • Additions:
  • The round emerald decorator now has a default layout variant.
  • New Nautilus Elementary breadcrumbs style.
  • Fixes:
  • Keyboard layout switcher text color on dark panel fixed.
  • Shadows on system monitor applet removed.
  • System menu icon size in now set to 16x16.
  • Nautilus Backgrounds & Emblems dialog fixed.
  • Nautilus Elementary zoom slider fixed.
  • Nautilus Elementary breadcrumbs now have a prelight state.
  • Gimp fixes.
  • Inkscape fixes.
  • Synaptic fixes.
  • Shotwell fixes.
  • Entry, ComboEntry and SpinButton fixes.
  • Inactive/disabled item icons now have transparency.
  • Xfce4-panel monitor progressbars now respect the plugin colors.
  • Ubuntu-tweak fixes.

New in Orta 1.2.0 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • Additions:
  • 4 new styles for expanders.
  • The older metacity decorator (pre version 1) also has a squared variant.
  • Old decorator for emerald with default Gnome button layout added.
  • New emerald decorator with rounded bottom corners.
  • Old round and squared Xfwm4 decorators added.
  • Fixes:
  • Metacity decorator round corners improved.
  • Decorator buttons reworked.
  • Fix for Nautilus Elementary background when Extra Pane is visible and items are displayed as a list, added to the Fixes page.
  • Nautilus Elementary prelight and selected mode button now have the same shadow as the normal state of the button.
  • Xfce4 panel tray shadow removed.
  • Selected background color for dark panels now follows the selected items color.
  • Clock (and other panel applets that are essentialy buttons) text no longer sits higher than the rest of the panel items.
  • Entries on dark menus color fixed.
  • Deluge left treeview spacing fixed.

New in Orta 1.01 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Additions:
  • New Metacity and xfwm decorators without round corners.
  • The older metacity decorator (pre version 1) is also available for installation (emerald version included).
  • New option to center the decorator title on the Fixes page of the Orta Settings Manager.
  • Fixes:
  • Installation will no longer be aborted when the user tries to install the theme after having removed the settings and temporary files.
  • Light flat panel seperator is no longer visible.
  • Gwibber text input widget shadow fixed.

New in Orta 1.00 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Additions:
  • New metacity decorator with bigger buttons.
  • New emerald decorators.
  • New Xfwm decorator.
  • Two new styles for tabs.
  • New widest size for scrollbars.
  • pcmanfm specific theming.
  • gnome-terminal theming.
  • New Settings Manager option to allow the use of the new Smooth style with non Gtk applications added in the Tabs page.
  • New Settings Manager option that applies specific fixes when a globalmenu is in use added in the Fixes page.
  • Fixes:
  • Theme code rewritten in a modular way. Orta now only loads the code needed according to your settings, reducing start up delays.
  • The theme is also easier to maintain and modify.
  • The Orta Settings Manager now uses only absolute paths, to avoid installation errors.
  • Ubiquity text colors fixed.
  • Foobnix tabs and menubar fixed.
  • Default and Squared tabs styles reworked.
  • Increased contrast between active and inactive tabs with the Light tabs style.
  • Inkscape statusbar spinbutton entry fixed.
  • gnome-calculator entry shadow fixed.
  • Mozilla apps menuitem text color on menubars doesn't become white when selected.
  • Banshee now has a gradient (short of :P).
  • Banshee menubar is now rendered properly with gtk2-pixbuf-engine version 2.20 when the according fix is selected.
  • GlobalMenu.Applet menu item insensitive color fixed.
  • Guake skinned to match the current panel setting.
  • Exaile playlist tabs fixed.
  • Various Rhythbox fixes.
  • Various gmpc fixes.
  • Various Geany fixes.

New in Orta 0.96 (Nov 15, 2010)

  • New additions :
  • New emerald theme by Aboettger.
  • Two new awn lucido styles by Aboettger.
  • Thin Chromium scrollbars.
  • Bug Fixes :
  • Some older versions of the pixmap engine have a bug that causes serious visual glitches with transparency in menubars. There is now an option in the Fixes page of the Settings Manager that takes care of that.
  • Text on dark panels in Fedora 14 is now correct thanks to dshdsh.
  • Cardapio panel text and general look fixed.
  • White text on menubars when using the dark squared menu item fixed.
  • Experimental gradient for non Gtk Apps improved.
  • Create launcher buttons dialog fixed.
  • Bug on mouse over the Chromium horizontal scrollbar fixed.

New in Orta 0.76 (Nov 11, 2010)

  • New additions :
  • 2 additional styles for tabs.
  • Nautilus vanilla support.
  • Nautilus Elementary fix for visible menubar.
  • New Metacity buttons.
  • Two new panels.
  • New menubar item selector.
  • New round menu item selector.
  • 2 additional sizes for scrollbars.
  • Gui configurator and installer.
  • Chromium theme.
  • Bug Fixes :
  • Nautilus Elementary mode buttons background when menubar visible fixed. Just select the style that you use through the configuration app and save your changes.
  • Evolution list headers fixed.
  • Qt apps, Jdownloader and OpenOffice now always use the new light tabs style that is bug free.
  • Emesene send dialog lighter grey background fixed.
  • Calendar shadow glitches fixed.
  • Ubuntu Software center shadows fixed (still not perfect).
  • Various other shadow and bug fixes.