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[Owais Lone <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Or is the attention icon in both the default themes green? :P
My bad... but still taking other themes into consideration this can be a
problem.

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Owais Lone <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently the attention state of the indicators or the messaging menu
> solely depends on the icon from the current theme. I've noticed that most of
> the users miss the attention state after changing the icon theme.
>
> For example, in Ambiance the attention icon for messaging menu is Green and
> that for non-attention is black. While in Radiance, the attention icon is
> Black. This might create confusion for some users and some might just miss
> the notifications totally after changing the theme.
>
> This is the case when we take on the default themes into consideration.
> With the amount of easily available custom themes (thanks to USC, Ubuntu
> Tweak and OMGUbuntu :D ) this can be a real inconsistency problem.
>
> I think adding a slight glow/shine around attention state indicators not
> just the messaging menu would be nice.
>
> Mock-ups anyone?
>
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> Owais Lone
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