Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread Alan Bell
On 03/06/12 19:30, Ryan Gauger wrote: Isn’t there a better way to deal with this? yes, by changing the way the top panel shadow works altogether. I think the bugs could probably be fixed semi-easily by someone who knows how to (I don’t know how to fix bugs). having looked at the code and with a

Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread Ryan Gauger
opping the top panel shadow I find when I use Unity 2D with composite enabled, that lack of panel shadow looks really odd when windows have shadows. It also makes the desktop look so... flat. I agree bugs are a problem and it needs looking at but maybe a better way to draw the shadow? On 3 June 2

Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread Ryan Gauger
Unity 2d without the shadow. Thanks! In Christ, Ryan Sent from my Windows 8 PC <http://windows.microsoft.com/consumer-preview> *From:* Alan Bell *Sent:* Sunday, June 3, 2012 2:46:53 AM *To:* Ayatana Mailing List *Subject:* [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow I would like to p

Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread Omar B .
Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow > > I would like to propose removal of the 'shadow' cast by the unity top panel. > > This shadow causes the following bugs > > #956863 Top panel shadow is drawn above presentation when using LO > Impress with Presenter Console &g

Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread balint...@gmail.com
I dont like this idea. The shadow indicates whether the panel currently is a part of a the window we see or not. And the GTK theming is necessary because the panel sometimes is the part of a window. It would just look odd with a dash-like theming. 2012/6/3 Thorsten Wilms > On 06/03/2012 09:45 AM

Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread Thorsten Wilms
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

Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread Alan Bell
On 03/06/12 09:08, shane lee wrote: I find when I use Unity 2D with composite enabled, that lack of panel shadow looks really odd when windows have shadows. It also makes the desktop look so... flat. I agree bugs are a problem and it needs looking at but maybe a better way to draw the shadow? V

Re: [Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread shane lee
I find when I use Unity 2D with composite enabled, that lack of panel shadow looks really odd when windows have shadows. It also makes the desktop look so... flat. I agree bugs are a problem and it needs looking at but maybe a better way to draw the shadow? On 3 June 2012 08:45, Alan Bell wrote:

[Unity-design] dropping the top panel shadow

2012-06-03 Thread Alan Bell
I would like to propose removal of the 'shadow' cast by the unity top panel. This shadow causes the following bugs #956863 Top panel shadow is drawn above presentation when using LO Impress with Presenter Console #763579 Panel drop shadow causes issues for screencasting apps #871758 Top Bar, w