Paul, That could work. But if we're recalculating every time the window's content changes that would likely (1) cost many cycles and (2) be very distracting.
Hopefully these screenshots demonstrate that a simple mid-grey shadow works well: it provides good visual contrast if the window and background don't already contrast; but it looks subtle if there's already plenty of contrast. In particular, look at the bottom-right of the Banshee window on this new screenshot—the shadow's only visible at the black-on-black edge. Notably, it still looks like a shadow in the usual case of a light background. The only case where this fails to ensure contrast is a mid- grey window on a mid-grey background. None of our default UI is mid- grey. ** Attachment added: "These shadows are #404040ff at 0.75 opacity; radius 24px, offsets 0." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/733233/+attachment/1913592/+files/Grey%20shadows%202.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733233 Title: Increase shadow area to 45 pixels (but not grip area) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
