Re: [Ayatana] Oneiric Dark Toolbars are a BAD idea - here's why

Dark Toolbars are a BAD idea. The Top-Panel should remain a significantly darker color than application toolbars. Gnome-shell has the right idea where they made the top-panel black, communicating that the top-panel is NOT part of a running application. Google has started putting a black top-pa

Re: [Ayatana] Oneiric Dark Toolbars waste vertical space - what was the point of Unity?

The newly implemented Dark Toolbars to Oneiric have left me wondering if the Developers have forgotten one of the driving principles for Unity--to reclaim vertical space? Look at the following comparison between Natty as it is today and Oneiric with Dark Toolbars. In Oneiric, not only has writi

Re: [Ayatana] Oneiric Dark Toolbar

I feel that the toolbars should only be used where it makes sense. In the earlier example, it did not make sense to have a thick toolbar for just a search box. Having them blend in with the top panel could be seen as a good thing when the window is active. Both the toolbar and the menu would