That is very strange - your words are just what I said in my previous email.
Sent from my Windows 8 PC <http://windows.microsoft.com/consumer-preview> *From:* shane lee <shaneym...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Sunday, June 3, 2012 3:10:27 AM *To:* Alan Bell <alanb...@ubuntu.com> *CC:* Ayatana Mailing List <unity-design@lists.launchpad.net> *Subject:* Re: [Unity-design] dropping 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 2012 08:45, Alan Bell <alanb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > 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 -- 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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