Actually, I wish that non-focused windows would be slightly
transparent, slightly greyed out, or both. It would make it more
obvious which window was focused, instead of just haaving the tiny
sliver of a title bar. Anyways, this is a feature request
regardless of whether we have title bars or not, but with it, you
could tell which window is focused without a title bar.
I agree here. On OS X, I've found recently that I keep typing
things in the wrong window because, without paying attention, I
don't have enough visual clues to see which one is active. The
shadow is nice, if you are looking at the border, and the title bar
is okay, if you are looking at the top of the screen.
Some basic knowledge of the human visual system tells us that the
eye can only see a small amount clearly, and the brain makes up the
rest. On a decent sized screen, the small amount that is in focus
can be smaller than the size of a window, meaning that the shadows
and the titlebar can fall outside the bit your brain can see (as
opposed to make up). If you are expecting the window to have
focus, your brain will fill in the visual clues, even if they are
not there. If the windows are slightly faded / translucent, then
you will be able to tell if a window is active wherever you are
looking in it.
And now we see where Yen-Ju's recent transparency code makes perfect
sense.
Yen-Ju, how hard would it be do make all non-focused windows at, say
60% opacity?
J.
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