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[Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>]

Mark, I've accidentally sent a direct message to you instead of the
Ayatana list, and thus the same happened with your reply, sorry.

> I wasn't clear, sorry.
> 
> I think "outline" should mean "the capability is here but it is not
> being used". So, for example, an outline of the wifi signal says "You
> have a wifi card but are not connected to any network". Or an outline of
> the messaging menu icon suggests "you would find messages here, but
> nothing is running that would give them to you". Or an outline of the
> sound indicator to say "You could set sound preferences here, but you
> don't have a sound card configured".
> 
> So outline-to-full transitions suggest "OK, we're up and running now".
> You connected, or you have a messaging app running.
> 
> This is the articulation I'm expecting from Otto and MPT shortly.

But then... what does "dimmed" stands for?