Xmas Clean Sheet Update (0.9)

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Xmas Clean Sheet Update (0.9)

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The Xmas Clean Sheet update introduces a new theme derivate. Welcome the glare effect reducing Cream theme!

The Clean Sheet Eclipse Design

In case you've missed out on the topic and you are wondering what I'm talking about, here is a screenshot of my real world setup using the Clean Sheet theme (click on the image to enlarge). Eclipse IDE Look and Feel: Clean Sheet Screenshot For more information please refer to the features landing page at http://fappel.github.io/xiliary/clean-sheet.html, read the introductory Clean Sheet feature description blog post, and check out the New & Noteworthy page.

Introducing Cream

The original Clean Sheet theme can sometimes still be susceptible to glaring effects. How much depends among other things on the monitor brightness, the ambient lighting, and the sensitivity of the user’s eye. The Cream theme reduces the background color’s proportion of blue. As a result, glare is diminished. Otherwise, it has the same feature set as the Clean Sheet theme and is available on Windows and Mac. If you are experiencing interfering glaring effects on bright monitor screens while working with light themes on Eclipse, consider giving Cream a try.

Click on the image for full size screenshot

Discontinuation of Dark Theme and Windows Theme with Flat-Scrollbars

With the intent to reduce maintenance effort, the Dark and Windows themes are no longer available. There are Eclipse dark themes that incorporate the Clean Sheet Flat-Scrollbars technology, for example, the eclipse-planet-themes or the DevStyle theme. As there is a new Eclipse default theme available now for a while, the windows 7 theme adaption looked pretty much dated …

Bug Fixes

This update resolves an oddment of the ruler numbers issue fix #87. Kudos to Pierre-Yves B. for contributing the initial fixes. Furthermore, there is a syntax highlighting for keywords adjustment to support Java 16 records. Please refer to issues #103 and #107 for more details.

See also  Clean Sheet - an Ergonomic Eclipse Theme for Windows 10 and Mac OS X

Clean Sheet / Cream Installation

Drag the 'Install' link below to your running Eclipse instance

Drag to your running Eclipse* workspace. *Requires Eclipse Marketplace Client

or

Select Help > Install New Software.../Check for Updates.
P2 repository software site: @ http://fappel.github.io/xiliary/
Feature: Code Affine Theme

After feature installation and workbench restart select the ‘Clean Sheet’ / 'Cream' theme:
Preferences: General > Appearance > Theme: Clean Sheet / Cream

 

Dark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?

Recently, I stumbled across an interesting research article by the Nielsen Norman Group in the context of the work on Cream. It examines the advantages and disadvantages of dark and light modes. So, in case you wonder how much of the trend toward dark UI modes is justified from a scientific point of view I recommend the read (https://www.nngroup.com/articles/dark-mode/).

Finally…

Of course, it’s interesting to hear suggestions or find out about further potential issues that need to be resolved. Feel free to use the Xiliary Issue Tracker or the comment section below for reporting.

With this in mind, I’d like to thank all the new and long term Clean Sheet / Cream adopters for the support and wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :-)

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