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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 <http://ubuntuone.com/6Oysw1NarMc480p07l7wIm>
> Dash <http://ubuntuone.com/6NLh3oKNIJ0ALbfyRoogv5>
> Window Theme <http://ubuntuone.com/05Hl8aeQbAMt5avbm3uMLm>
> Indicator Menu <http://ubuntuone.com/6zGYwEXymv7HvbN8Y6PYD6>
>
> 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..