agree with this all those bugs are annoying, so as long as it doesnt look like the panel in unity2d which imo looks dead or bland compared to normal unity.
> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 08:45:08 +0100 > From: alanb...@ubuntu.com > To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: [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 > #763579 Panel drop shadow causes issues for screencasting apps > #871758 Top Bar, window managment - top bar shadow not falling on > restored windows that are partially off the top edge of the screen > #892718 [multimonitor] Opening dash on one screen removes panel shadow > on the other > #967294 Unity panel shadow should not draw over unfocussed windows > > The basic problem is that the shadow is not semantically a shadow at > all, it isn't an openGL rendered consequence of the panel being above > the desktop with a lightsource illuminating it and casting a shadow. It > is just a translucent PNG stuck on the screen as decoration and isn't in > the NUX layer outside the scope of compiz - like the top panel is. Under > normal circumstances the shadow is positioned close to where the bottom > of the panel should be if the panel is the default size - this is > delicate. If you zoom into the desktop the shadow zooms but the panel > doesn't and all the bugs kind of relate to the shadow and panel becoming > disconnected with each other, because they are not actually attached to > each other. I don't think these problems can be fixed with the current > implementation strategy - if it was a shadow actually cast by the panel > it might work better. > > Visually I don't think the shadow really adds anything to the desktop > experience, and the assorted bugs really detract from it and do not give > the pixel perfect impression we are going for. > > I am happy to do the work to patch it out if people agree. > > > Alan. > > > -- > I work at http://libertus.co.uk > > > -- > 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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