Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

[Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trouble is that alpha and blur on window title bars could become very heavy when working with multiple non-maximised windows.

On 30/10/11 10:01, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:17, Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I love this idea so I did some mockups:

Desktop
Dash
Window Theme
Indicator Menu

I recommend downloading the attachments and viewing them fullscreen to get a real idea.
The window theme and the indicator menu are not transparent, but I don't think they need to be either. In this particular case transparency adds graphical requirement without achieving a great deal IMHO. I think that an opaque theme which dynamically matches the background colour would work just as well.

Thoughts?

fake transparency is what this method has been called for long.

I still prefer some alpha, perhaps with blur..