181409 - mozilla should use Orbit or Modern as the default skin

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 55454

(Core Graveyard :: Skinability, defect)

Description

[Yuri]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021120
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021120


Every time I install a new build, the first thing i have to do is change the
skin.  The default mozilla skin is hideous!  I find myself recommending Netscape
7 to friends instead of Mozilla because i suspect they will give up the moment
they see the monstrosity of the "Classic" skin. 

Why not use "Orbit" or "Modern" as the default skin?  In personal opinion, Orbit
is the best skin, but maybe others won't agree with this.  However, I have not
seen a single person who prefers Classic to Modern. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Asa, you had some sort of argument for this, iirc?

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

see bug 55454#c22

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55454 ***

Comment 3

[Olivier Cahagne]

from asa's bug 55454 comment 22:
"if there are volunteers willing to make Classic look like something new and fresh
that is great.  If there are volunteers who want to write an entirely new theme
for Mozilla (in time for 1.0?) then great."

Isn't it what Orbit is all about ?  Then, Orbit might not be perfect, I know Asa
wants to switch Phoenix Orbit icons to something else but it shows the Classic
theme could be replaced by another rock-solid one (and as fast as Classic is,
Modern being slower).