Comment 13 for bug 532641

Hello all,
  i would like to comment on the themes and the issues that have been mentioned here.
I have been with ubuntu from the beginning. other distributions before that.
  One thing has been consistent through the years... theme creators rarely ,, if ever... consider accessibility when creating a theme when in fact this should be the first consideration after deciding on general appearances , ie colours etc!
   Since the advent of Bery/compiz /3D desktops... accessibility features are incorporated into compiz plugins.. as far as themes are concerned...this is where the now nearly extinct Emerald was far superior to any gtk2 theme or qt theme.
   Emerald had options for just about every option one needs to change for appearance and eve accessibility.
At the point Ubuntu is now... any "default" theme that is going to be presented to the users MUST have options to adjust for all reasonable situations and conditions....This includes options to set buttons on the left or right for right or left handed people..resizing of buttons and text and window borders.. as well as colour adjustments..etc .etc... anything less is not up to modern system requirements for accessibility or general theming capabilities. I, and my guess most others , are not going to put up with " what you see is what you get" Apple/ Microsoft approach to ...at least...themes. << reference to buttons on the left !!!
   Changing the look of a theme along with it's colours is NOT enough!
If you need to have several sets of buttons so that you can resize the buttons for those that need it ,,then make the extra sets of buttons and have a tick box to choose sizes...
what surprises me , at this late stage,, is no one is creating a gtk2 theme maker... as difficult as that may be,,
  OPTIONS...in the system and certainly in the themes are absolutely required to the multitude needs and work situations "especially" accessibility!!!
    The developers involved in the creation of Ubuntu are quite brilliant....but with all due respect to them and our benevolent dictator... when it comes to the look ...feel..... i dont want a developer making ANy final decisions,,,,these decisions must be sought out from those that are going to use them.... first order of business...."Does it have all of the accesssibility features requred???"