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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't until now, but I stand by what I said; the state of an
application is mostly irrelevant. If I want to use it, then I'll click
on it, regardless of whether it's running or not.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 08:03, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> maybe you didnt read the bug report.
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 07:41:06 -0700
> From: isantop@xxxxxxxxx
> To: supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] 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...
> 5e2cc1e69e1295&attid=0.0.1.1&disp=emb&zw>
>>
>> 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:
>> </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=135e2cc1e69e1295&attid=0.0.1.2&disp=emb&zw>
>> </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=135e2cc1e69e1295&attid=0.0.1.3&disp=emb&zw>
>> </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=135e2cc1e69e1295&attid=0.0.1.4&disp=emb&zw>
>> </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=135e2cc1e69e1295&attid=0.0.1.5&disp=emb&zw>
>> </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=135e2cc1e69e1295&attid=0.0.1.6&disp=emb&zw>
>>
>> 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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