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[JaSauders <1012204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately, I share the exact same view as you do. Unfortunately x2,
it's even more of a headache in 14.04. It seems as if the icons were
switched to SVG to allow for better scaling on HiDPI screens, but at the
expense of the pips being much smaller than before and the highlights of
the icons being almost identical from their idle state.

I reported my own bug report and haven't had that much activity on it,
granted it's still a young report, although it's been listed as 'low
importance', which of course given the fact there's little/no way to
decipher an icon's status, this has me a little concerned to say the
very least. Still crossing my fingers there...

Here are some examples in 14.04 with Skype in particular:

http://oi62.tinypic.com/nxjgh3.jpg

http://oi59.tinypic.com/21mi1w0.jpg

>From bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1304073

See how there's literally no difference? It's such a minor difference
it's difficult to see even when you're actively watching the icon switch
back and forth, let alone having to look at an icon when you get back to
your computer to quickly see "does this application need attention?" As
it stands now, it's clearly a broken feature as it's pretty much
impossible to tell the difference.

Hopeful that there's a quick resolution. I'd certainly hate to see the
next LTS be stuck with something like this throughout its cycle.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012204

Title:
   Is not clear enough when an application has information or not

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in Unity:
  Incomplete
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The difference of colour between the two states of the arrow on the
  left of a Launcher tile is not big enough. The colour of the default
  state is grey, not white. When a message is received, instead, the
  colour is light blue. With Skype, probably because of an optical
  illusion, the left arrow when in default state seems already slightly
  tint of blue, looks almost if there might be a message left by
  someone.

  Possible solutions:
  1) Drop the colour on the Launcher arrows (pips)
  2) Use a more different colour

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