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[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/03/2012 09:45 AM, Alan Bell wrote:
> Visually I don't think the shadow really adds anything to the desktop
> experience
Windows "cast" a shadow on the desktop to create the impression that 
they float above the desktop and are not part of it.
A (non-maximized) window's titlebar touching the panel defines the upper 
limit for its position (except if you use 
modifier-key-bound-to-window-control-in-prefs and left-drag ... but that 
can be considered a bug).
This implies that the panel exists on the same layer as the (focused and 
raised) window and thus must have about the same shadow.

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