I have an idea for improving vibrancy, but right now it’s just a thought experiment. I don’t know how to accomplish it, so I wonder if you guys could provide any advice.
I just posted this suggestion to Apple’s OS X feedback site: "Please consider adding NSVisualEffectBlendingModeDesktop and making it the default for objects like the Source View which reside in an app's main or document window. A window with that visual effect mode would use the desktop image ONLY for vibrancy blending. Doing so would be kind to users: they have chosen the desktop image presumably because it and its colors are pleasing. Blending with other randomly intervening windows due to the current default of NSVisualEffectBlendingModeBehindWindow is unkind to users because (a) it ignores the user's clearly expressed preference for the desktop image (b) without conveying any useful information whatsoever.” Well, I’m not going to hold my breath. But it did occur to me that an app’s main/document window could accomplish something similar by creating its own secondary window that would somehow “stick” behind it. The secondary window’s only purpose would be to replicate the portion of the desktop image occluded by its bounds. That way, no matter what apps are running, it would show a portion of the desktop image, and though users would never actually see this secondary window, the main/document window would blend with it, giving the user pleasing vibrancy using the desktop image he has chosen. Is this possible, do you think, to open a window that always hides directly behind the working window? — Charles _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
