The following blog-post on the use of gradients, nicely illustrates a sensible use of gradients: http://dborg.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/contemporary-visual-ui-design/ The point of the blog-post is more of a theoretical and aesthetic nature. It could possibly serve as an example on how the reported issue could be fixed in a sensible way.
There may be other solutions to the issue that "selected items look like physical-buttons" with the new light-themes. -- [ambiance radiance] selected items (info) look like buttons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539821 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs