I just want to pop in and give my answer: no, because the active window seems to have distinct title bar properties (more colorful). To me, this stands out enough, but I cannot speak for others. Personally, I have also found the shadow to be slightly distracting when having two windows lined up side by side.
- Lewis On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:52 PM, S. Christian Collins < s.chriscoll...@gmail.com> wrote: > My two cents: The active window shadow does help to clarify which window is > currently active. So the question is, would it be noticeably harder to > identify the active window if the shadows were disabled? > > -~Chris > > > On 04/17/2011 06:21 PM, Ryan Prior wrote: > >> When the user tiles windows by dragging them to the left or right of >> the viewport, they tile as to fit perfectly together. In order to >> increase the impact of that illusion, I think it would be neat if the >> window shadow for the active window would be supressed, so that one >> shadow would not overlap the other. This puts the two windows on the >> same "plane", rather than one in "front" of another. >> Another tiny detail that could improve the illusion is to remove the >> window corner rounding for the "seam" between the two tiled windows, >> making them look more like one unit. >> >> I can create a mock-up if that would be helpful to illustrate my idea. >> >> Thanks, >> Ryan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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