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Re: More visible already started/active application in Launcher (for TV/tablets/phones)

 

Am I the only one for whom this is not a problem? If I want to use an app,
I'll click on it regardless of whether it's running or not. If I want to
see what's running, the indicators are fine (I'm putting effort into it
anyway), and if I just want to open it, I'll just click, on it.
On Mar 5, 2012 5:41 AM, "supernova" <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> > Glow-Effect for me is not enough to directly identify as open!
> We could add some shine or gold...
> > Desaturate and darken are my favourite prospects: Look at this ...
> > Current,     desaturate75,     desaturate100,     darken75,     same
> with backgroundcolor of MenuBar, no transparency and ActiveOnBacklight
> >
> All de give sense of freshness, light, breath....imagine when no app is
> open, the launcher looks very sad...
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> >
> > Am 05.03.2012 11:57, schrieb Matt Richardson:
> >
> > I use backlight toggles and I just tried opening multiple applications
> such that they collapsed. I don't see the problem you're talking about,
> perhaps you could elaborate?
> > Personally I think that backlight toggles by default would really help
> new users to define which apps are open.
> >
> > Four other potential solutions (screenshots below):
> >  - Desaturate the non-runnning apps, but not completely.
> >  - Blur non-running apps slightly
> >  - Shrink non-running apps
> >  - Add a shine to running apps
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > Current:                 Desaturate:            Blur:
>    Shrunk:                 Glow:
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> >
> > On 04/03/12 22:50, Hans Heintze wrote:
> >
> > On 03/04/2012 04:14 PM, Bartosz wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> > I think the current indication of started and active application should
> be improved.
> > The small arrows on the left/right side is not good visible (especially
> on tablet/phone sceen)
> > What is your proposal of improve visibility of the already started
> appplication?
> > And how we could improve currently active application?
> > I have already filled the bug for that issue:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/917951
> > Best Regards
> > Bartosz
> >
> > Agreed. There is a problem with enabling backlight toggle by default
> however, it makes it difficult to distinguish between collapsed tiles. tile
> theming needs to be reconsidered by design and likely redone all together
> for many reasons, including the following:
> > -poor distinguishably for colourblind people
> > -backlight in it's present form can obstruct application outline
> > -tile theming does not correctly match the light source/dispersion of
> radiance theme
> >
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