In fact this bug makes all window decorations 'freeze', not only the buttons. This means that when a window loses focus, its title color and the close button color remain as it would be still an active window. I have attached a screenshot to make it clear. Also sometimes a focused window may have decorations of an inactive one (gray title and close button color). It becomes impossible to find out which window has focus without actually interacting with one of them, which I think is a noticeable disadvantage in usability.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot at 2011-10-21 19:07:17.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/827722/+attachment/2564622/+files/Screenshot%20at%202011-10-21%2019%3A07%3A17.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/827722 Title: minimize/maximize/close buttons do not prelight on all windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/827722/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : compiz@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp