Unfortunately, switching themes in unity takes forever and this acts much the same way. I use an xml script which changes the wallpaper every 20 minutes so every time the wallpaper changes, the desktop hangs for 2 or 3 minutes while the theme catches up.
On 4 October 2012 23:07, Alan Bell <alanb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > very nice! > just been checking the unity source and it seems that the chameleon colour > selection algorithm has totally changed since last I looked at it and it is > now perfectly reasonable - it was a recursive thing that was far too heavily > weighted to the screen corners and a kind of X shape in the middle, now it > uses _GNOME_BACKGROUND_REPRESENTATIVE_COLORS which is implemented by the > desktop > > Alan. > On 04/10/12 22:30, Matt Richardson wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> This project will match the ambiance theme colours to those used by >> unity: https://launchpad.net/ambiance-chameleon >> >> 1) Download the tar.gz and extract the files anywhere you like. >> 2) Set the ambiance-chameleon script to run at startup. >> 3) Log out and back in. >> 4) Change your wallpaper or re-select the current one >> >> Hope this helps. I use it with 66% panel opacity. >> >> Matt >> >> >> On 04/10/12 21:59, Alan Bell wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> the launcher and dash and HUD are all very pretty and pick out colours >>> from the wallpaper (with a terrible algorithm that shouldn't work as >>> well as it does but that is another story), if you turn the panel >>> transparency down to 0.01 you get a similar effect in the panel >>> (turning it to zero messes things up a bit though) so this is rather >>> sweet looking. The dropdown global menu and indicators are however big >>> square cornered grey slabs >>> >>> http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/menu.png >>> >>> can we make those pick up chameleon colours, with maybe white text >>> like the HUD? Even better to look just like the HUD/Dash with the >>> chunky grey outline, blur background and curves that blend it into the >>> launcher/panel frame. >>> >>> 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
