Gnome Shell does this by default doesn't it? On 22 May 2012 20:37, Ryan Gauger <rtg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the idea for changing throughout the course of the day. As far as I > know, no other Linux distro has this feature. I definitely know Windows and > Mac OS X don’t have it. I would love to see this implemented. Thanks! > > Sent from my Windows 8 PC > > From: Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:07:59 PM > To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Chameleonic theme > > That was exactly my concern with transparency. That's why it thought a > chameleonic theme might be better. > As far as I remember, the themes are defined in css and the ambiance themes > use a base colour, which is then adjusted to get the darker/lighter shades. > My idea would be simply to alter that base colour to the same colour chosen > by the rest of the unity shell. Since this would be a one time write to a > text file every time the background changed, it shouldn't be a problem for > day to day use. I suppose the only impact might be on people with dynamic > backgrounds (something I believe canonical said they would look into for > 12.10 earlier on this list), where the colour value would change over the > course of the day. > > I think I have a way of creating a chameleonic theme initially so I'll put > it together and see how it looks. The only thing I can't work out how to do > at the moment is detect when the wallpaper is changed, without polling every > few seconds (to avoid delays between changing the wallpaper and the theme > updating). If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated. > > Matt > > p.s. I was intending to write this as a bash script, so methods of detecting > the wallpaper change in bash only would be preferable. > > On 22/05/12 18:47, shane lee wrote: >> >> I like the idea in general but I am slightly concerned what impact >> something like this might have on performance? >> I would be interested to hear from someone in the know? >> >> I would maybe think this could be a Radiance replacement, rather than >> an additional theme. >> >> On 22 May 2012 17:37, Matt Richardson<m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> >> wrote: >>> >>> Absolutely. I actually stated that in the original remit. As much as >>> possible, the user's options should be kept open. >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> On 22/05/12 16:45, Ryan Gauger wrote: >>> >>> On 05/22/2012 10:40 AM, Jonathan French wrote: >>> >>> Unlike the current implementation of chameleonic launcher and >>> notifications, >>> though, (due to a bug), it should be optional. :P >>> >>> The GNOME 'representative colour' recognizer seems to have an >>> inexplicable >>> fondness for finding the single pixel of brown in a wallpaper and picking >>> that as the launcher colour. >>> >>> On 22 May 2012 13:53, Ryan Gauger<rtg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would definitely like to see this land in Quantel. Great idea! >>>> >>>> On May 22, 2012, at 6:30 AM, Varun Priolkar<varunp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mark said the Ambiance theme will be refreshed for 12.10.. so lets >>>>> wait n watch.. >>>>> >>>>> On 5/22/12, Matt Richardson<m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I would really like to see a chameleonic theme land in 12.10. >>>>>> Not a transparent theme. Instead simply the ambiance theme (light to >>>>>> dark vertical gradient) but where the base colour is taken as the >>>>>> average colour of the wallpaper. >>>>>> I also think this would help the top-left corner issue, as the >>>>>> launcher, >>>>>> panel and window would blend a lot better. >>>>>> Also, this wouldn't prevent the user from selecting non-chameleonic >>>>>> themes, as some people would prefer the contrast. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>> Matt >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>>>>> Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>>>> Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>>> Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> Yes, I agree with you. It should be optional. The current Ubuntu light >>> themes should be an option (maybe default, with chameleon theme an option >>> in >>> System Settings -> Appearance. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>> Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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