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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

But menus shouldn't be covering the entire screen anyway, unlike the
launcher.
On Oct 30, 2011 6:20 AM, "frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx" <
frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>
> Your mockups are really good work, perhaps you want to include them into
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana/MeMenu%20Mockups
>
> on the point of opacity i still see the problem as less one of taste and
> more one of interaction.. a transparent menu allows you to maintain your
> awareness of things happening on your desktop, even while the menu is open
> above content. An opaque menu doesn't allow that, it thereby steals your
> visual focus for the moment of interaction, and the price of having a
> "better background" is much higher than the value or duration of the
> interaction: focus is lost.
>
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