The problem here, of course, is that you're talking about the GTK theme. [...]
But for me, the inability to set colours and fonts in my programs is a BIG turn-off.
I'm not only talking about GTK. Windows has themes as well since XP and users have been able to choose their own color scheme for a long time as well. With this in mind, I warned about using other colors.
I guess
Foxtrot has a legimit reason to change colors as he wants to mimick music written on paper, but in this case he should not use the Form canvas but something like a Paintbox.
I agree with you however that it would be nice to be able to change colors and rather necessary to be able to change fonts. But if something is a turn off you could work on it, to make it better. It can be quit a thrill (somebody told me
) to discover a bug and be able to solve it yourself and share the solution with the community.