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Syntax theme preview images #84

Open shreydesai opened 8 years ago

shreydesai commented 8 years ago

It's difficult to choose syntax themes (https://atom.io/themes/list?direction=desc&sort=updated_at) just based on their name; I think the website should have some sort of preview for the themes so it's easier for developers to scroll through the list of themes and pick the best one.

50Wliu commented 8 years ago

@shreydesai Most of the themes have a few pictures of their theme in action in their README.md, which is displayed when you click on the theme's name. Is that helpful?

shreydesai commented 8 years ago

Not really – the only information you get when searching for syntax themes on that website is the name and its popularity. While it is possible to go through each theme and click on the project to find the README.md, it would be so much easier to simply scroll through the list and see preview images without having to go to another page.

I know this might create other issues, such as making the list too long because of an added preview image or slowing down the website's loading time, but these are my two cents from someone who's trying to find new themes. I would rather spend more time developing instead of clicking links to find the most aesthetically pleasing color scheme.

tterb commented 7 years ago

An even simpler option would be to just take some of the primary colors used in the syntax-them and displayed them somewhere on the package card, just to give users an idea of if they're interested or not.
That way, it can save users a lot of time searching through syntax-themes that they aren't interested in, without requiring any major modifications to implement.