The following isn't just TidyThemes' philosophy on theme design, but my own personal one with all themes I design and projects that I work on in general (WordPress related or not):<br><br><a href="http://tidythemes.com/concept/">http://tidythemes.com/concept/</a><br>
<br>I think all works should be made as white label, simple, consistent and minimalist as possible for the user to take hold and make something uniquely their own without having to navigate through all these cookie-cutter design elements and overly commented files which arguably is kind of a form of branding. I submitted the same idea for WP itself (in vein I'm sure, but it's never a bad idea to think about and discuss our ideas for that reason alone):<br>
<br><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/wordpress-developer-edition">http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/wordpress-developer-edition</a><br><br>I realize my ideas aren't very popular, but it's becoming so tiring to explain to reviewers and mods and users over and over that it's all a purposeful method and not just something "wrong" with the code.<br>
<br>My convictions rarely change, because they're well-thought out to begin with, but I'm open to opinions and others to share how they wish for users to use their themes as well if this is a discussion you're interested in.<br>
<br>Thanks, Bryan<br>