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[Steve <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:25:59 -0000, Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2010/2/15 Steve <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:27:40 -0000, Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > > in my opinion solid colour panels look really, really awful. but I
> > > agree that maybe on mobile devices too dark colours may be bad, but
> > > again - bright are bad for old CRT screens, especially with
> > > refreshment 85Hz and lower. Maybe it whould be sth like oldschool
> > > windows grayness, but aesthetically shaded, instead of that ugly
> > > solidness? but still I think it's more of an art-design, that
> > > technical matter.
> > > and about multi-panel idea - I always make lower panel just launcher
> > > for stuff, so it may be auto-hiding and big (for easier tracking of
> > > icons on netbooks), sth like a very simple dock-launcher?
> > I always auto-hide the panel anyway so I’m not really bother about it’s
> > looks as such.
> > Setting it to Solid colour (with Opacity) impressed a couple of people
> > though.
> > --
> > Steve
>
> for me a solid colour associates with ascetic ultra-simple
> primitivness. especially when it's gray. but well, that's a matter of
> taste. I just love eyecandies, and I belive most people do - the
> question is, where is the limit of a good taste.
>
> ;)
I don’t know where the limit is but, I rather liked the pink wallpaper in  
the karmic version :)

--
Steve