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Re: Chameleonic theme

 

Unlike the current implementation of chameleonic launcher and
notifications, though, (due to a bug), it should be optional. :P

The GNOME 'representative colour' recognizer seems to have an inexplicable
fondness for finding the single pixel of brown in a wallpaper and picking
that as the launcher colour.

On 22 May 2012 13:53, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I would definitely like to see this land in Quantel. Great idea!
>
> On May 22, 2012, at 6:30 AM, Varun Priolkar <varunpr97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Mark said the Ambiance theme will be refreshed for 12.10.. so lets
> > wait n watch..
> >
> > On 5/22/12, Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I would really like to see a chameleonic theme land in 12.10.
> >> Not a transparent theme. Instead simply the ambiance theme (light to
> >> dark vertical gradient) but where the base colour is taken as the
> >> average colour of the wallpaper.
> >> I also think this would help the top-left corner issue, as the launcher,
> >> panel and window would blend a lot better.
> >> Also, this wouldn't prevent the user from selecting non-chameleonic
> >> themes, as some people would prefer the contrast.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >> Matt
> >>
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