Re: [Ayatana] Modal Dialog: Background

2011-07-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 5 July 2011 18:24, Owas Lone wrote: [snip] > Why don't we go with blur instead? Wow, blur looked really elegant, and how nicely the dialog stands out from the window in the background! Jo-Erlend Schinstad ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~

Re: [Ayatana] Modal Dialog: Background

2011-07-05 Thread M. Adnan Quaium
+1 I second the blur effect! On 5 July 2011 22:37, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > On 5 July 2011 18:24, Owas Lone wrote: > > [snip] > > > Why don't we go with blur instead? > > Wow, blur looked really elegant, and how nicely the dialog stands out > from the window in the background! > > Jo-Erlend

Re: [Ayatana] Modal Dialog: Background

2011-07-05 Thread Marc Deslauriers
On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 21:54 +0530, Owas Lone wrote: > Hey friends, > > Are we actually sticking with transparency on a white wall between the > window and it's modal dialog? Since the setting shows up in ccsm, I > guess it has been approved by the design team. IMO, it looks really > ugly especiall

Re: [Ayatana] Modal Dialog: Background

2011-07-05 Thread Marco Biscaro
> Why don't we go with blur instead? I think that it's because blur is *slow* in a lot of hardwares. If I enable static blur effect for dash, it tooks about 3 or 4 seconds to open. With a maximized window, I think the delay will be noticeable too. Anyway, I agree that this white overlay is ugly.

Re: [Ayatana] Modal Dialog: Background

2011-07-05 Thread Stefanos A.
Desaturate + darken is the way forward. The white overlay is ugly (plus it's the same effect as stuck applications on Windows) and the blur effect, while nice, hinders usability. 2011/7/5 Marco Biscaro > > Why don't we go with blur instead? > > I think that it's because blur is *slow* in a lot o

Re: [Ayatana] Modal Dialog: Background

2011-07-05 Thread Sam Spilsbury
To clarify, the intended effect here is to fade to the background color of the window (in this case, darken). It's broken in oneiric however because the gtk theme is missing some elements. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Stefanos A. wrote: > Desaturate + darken is the way forward. The white over

[Ayatana] Place "Shut Down" as the last entry in the Sessions-Menu for Oneiric and beyond

2011-07-05 Thread nick rundy
Pre Unity, it was simple to shut down ubuntu with keyboard presses: Super + S, up-arrow, Enter. I'd like to see Shut Down return to the bottom-most entry of the Sessions-Menu again. this way it keeps the key presses to a minimum. When Shut Down isn't the last menu item on the list I'm left hav