Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Georgi Karavasilev
Jonathan, I find it hard to believe that the not-readable text is a reason for the panel to be opaque and not transparent and chameleonic - the launcher itself is transparent and chameleonic and it has those tiny arrows, yet they are still visible, not to mention that the Dash itself is also T&S an

Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Omar B .
done: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/3rd-party-dev-hacks-stunning-new-features-into-ubuntu-tv Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:28:29 +0300 From: motors...@gmail.com To: he...@owaislone.org CC: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements It does

Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Jonathan Meek
Don't forget: another reason for not pushing transparency in addition to yours is text. There is a lot of text in the menu bar and that text doesn't play nice with cameleonic/transparent backgrounds. Hence why the indicators should/do have a solid background as well. On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:16

Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Georgi Karavasilev
It does blend with the titlebar and the dash when needed, however it doesn't blend at all with the launcher, which really bugs me :) P.S. Transparent panel + panel opacity toggles also blends with the titlebar :P -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists

Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Owas Lone
I think the panel needs to more in sync with the title bar than the launcher/dash. I think it's good as it is right now i.e, blends with the title bar when needed and also blends in with dash/launcher when needed. Also, the indicator menus need to be transparent too (look like HUD) if this is cons

Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Georgi Karavasilev
The thing Brandon is - how much time do you browse through indicator/menus? If you are browsing over a 50% through them whilst you are on your PC/laptop/netbook than having a full opaque panel would make sense. However I find it hard to believe someone browses THAT much time through them :) If you

Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Ryan Gauger
On Jul 27, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Georgi Karavasilev wrote: > The unity panel has several issues that have been existing since 11.04: > - The panel shadow is not a real proper GL drawn shadow, but rather a .PNG > that is being repeated right below the panel and that causes the following > issue

Re: [Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Brandon Watkins
I'd much rather have consistent looking menus than an always transparent panel. The menus looking totally different than the panel would *really* bother me. On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Georgi Karavasilev wrote: > The unity panel has several issues that have been existing since 11.04: > - T

[Unity-design] Unity panel can use some improvements

2012-07-27 Thread Georgi Karavasilev
The unity panel has several issues that have been existing since 11.04: - The panel shadow is not a real proper GL drawn shadow, but rather a .PNG that is being repeated right below the panel and that causes the following issues: - The higher the value of panel's opacity is, the smaller the p