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[Mark Curtis <merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sorry, when I said "it" I meant Unity's current implementation of always have the background color, not Windows 7's implementation.
Currently Unity is a clear case of copying the what (the background color is the icons' background color) without copying the why (do so to tell the user which application is running)

> From: zekopeko@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:51:49 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Better use of backlight in Unity launcher
> To: merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Mark Curtis <merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Because it doesn't add anything to usability.
> 
> I don't agree. Windows 7 makes it very clear what applications are
> running and which ones are not. It also makes it clear which ones have
> multiple windows, which ones have running task etc.
> 
> Currently the backlight reduces usability because it colors all the
> icons so the only way to know if applications are running are tiny
> triangles.
> 
> > I do understand what you're saying about the color clashing, maybe if we go
> > with the green/blue/red thing they may have to be muted colors.
> >
> >> From: zekopeko@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:28:25 +0100
> >> To: frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx
> >> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Better use of backlight in Unity launcher
> >>
> >> This all look fine and dandy until you realise that a the icons colors
> >> could clash with the icon background. I can imagine it could look
> >> quite ugly.
> >>
> >> Windows 7 has this solved rather nicely so why not simply copy how they
> >> did it?
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:50 AM, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx
> >> <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 21:33, Owais Lone <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Having a reduced set of predetermined colours would greatly increase
> >> >> usability IMO if used in a meaningful way.
> >> >
> >> > +1
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> For example,
> >> >>
> >> >> White --> Normal/Not Running
> >> >
> >> > white is default at the moment, that's Ambiance, so agreed.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Yellow --> Minimized
> >> >
> >> > what for?
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Green --> Running
> >> >
> >> > That's notification color in Ambiance at the moment.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Red --> Needs Input|Attention / Notification
> >> >
> >> > Red is kinda strong, it means "Reboot Required" at the moment.
> >>
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