Moderator Note: all dark skin discussion regarding personal edition goes here.
Looking at the feature difference between the pro and free version, I think most of the decisions are fair.
But one feature I don’t like having just in the pro version is the dark skin… I don’t know, maybe the dark skin is just cooler, kind of like the dark side of the force, and that’s why they charge for it …
But for me, it’s just easier to read light on dark than it is dark on light. That’s why I have my text editor show light on dark. It may seem kind of trivial at first, but if you’re looking at it all day, it can be significant. On top of that, there are a couple addons I use that work well in the dark skin, but are very hard to read in the light skin. It’s hard for me to use them.
So I’m adding a little poll here to see if I’m not alone.
I would like it to be added for free, but that’s wishful thinking. It’s just aesthetics so I highly doubt they would make available in the free version. Although I agree, I much prefer to work with darker backgrounds.
Even though I’m a free user, I wouldn’t want the dark skin in all versions. I think that itself is one of the most integral features of Pro and one of the most associated with Pro. You can always turn it off if you don’t like it, but most do like it.
The gray scheme does seem a bit blah and ugly compared to the dark one… .but it’s obvious then that when you buy an item you want it to look its best so giving the editor a flashier appearance meets that appetite… it would be nice moreso I think to allow the editor to be reskinned by anyone and to sell skin packs on the store. Personally I’d like a white-based theme with colored buttons.
Elaborate on this. It’s just about a color, it’s not some kind of advanced feature. You buy pro because of features, not the way it looks. I don’t understand the hassle of all this, just put a color picker somewhere in the preferences so everyone can choose the color they like (pro or not), big deal.
I don’t know about any of you guys here, but I would much rather prefer having a dark UI that the Pro version has than the light blinding version that Unity Free has. That or scrape the light version out completely. I don’t understand why it’s a pro exclusive and it shouldn’t be. The latest version of Unity now allows you to use Hard and Soft shadows which was originally a pro feature. Why couldn’t the skin be released then?
The grey skin really does bother my eyes and I highly prefer it dark. If it can’t be black like Pro they should at least go with a darker grey that isn’t so blinding.
Yes, this is an issue because if the developer is blinded, how the hell do you expect him/her to make any games?
Anyone that disagrees with me, you’re wrong and you’re opinion’s don’t matter. Ever.
