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["S. Christian Collins" <s.chriscollins@xxxxxxxxx>]

My two cents: The active window shadow does help to clarify which window 
is currently active.  So the question is, would it be noticeably harder 
to identify the active window if the shadows were disabled?

-~Chris

On 04/17/2011 06:21 PM, Ryan Prior wrote:
> When the user tiles windows by dragging them to the left or right of
> the viewport, they tile as to fit perfectly together. In order to
> increase the impact of that illusion, I think it would be neat if the
> window shadow for the active window would be supressed, so that one
> shadow would not overlap the other. This puts the two windows on the
> same "plane", rather than one in "front" of another.
> Another tiny detail that could improve the illusion is to remove the
> window corner rounding for the "seam" between the two tiled windows,
> making them look more like one unit.
>
> I can create a mock-up if that would be helpful to illustrate my idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
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