Re: [Ayatana] User-Indicator/Me-Menu shows icon AND user-name (adds clutter to 11.10)

2011-10-28 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
I took the liberty to open a mockups page for what was once known as the me menu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana/MeMenu%20Mockups my main idea is that the indicator area in the top right corner is quite unsorted, i rearranged the indicators a bit and removed launchers from the mockup, since it's

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Omar B .
totally agree with dynamic transparent only when no maximized windows. Transparency is only needed anyway when no window is maximized. Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:18:49 +0200 From: faiface2...@gmail.com To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Ayatana]

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread cmaglothin
And I am sure that if it were really necessary, one could always implement a type of blur or something to keep text and colors from the underly windows from bleeding through. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > http://ubuntuone.com/7LNXXpuBOVSu20JTdSwLf9

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On 29/10/2011 03:33, Carl Ansell wrote: > Thats nice. But put a window behind the menu, and you won't be able to read > the > text clearly. Not quite. You just need to set the opacity high enough. See http://ubuntuone.com/4ERrPdiNCEvW9XrKjWf0km and http://ubuntuone.com/7LNXXpuBOVSu20JTdSwLf9 for

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Carl Ansell
Thats nice. But put a window behind the menu, and you won't be able to read the text clearly. On 28/10/11 19:48, Omar B. wrote: Would look more consistent and nice. some mockups: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JSR8IC77Ub4/TTRwD1iIvKI/BoM/yxWXeJR6ZCo/s1600/unity_global_menu_idea_by_musl1m-d

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread cmaglothin
Maybe, instead of having a dynamic panel, we should implement a theme that is semitransparent and conforms to the dominant background image color. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Michal Strba wrote: > On 10/28/2011 08:48 PM, Omar B. wrote: > >> Would look more consistent and nice. >> >> some mo

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Omar B .
Would look more consistent and nice. some mockups: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JSR8IC77Ub4/TTRwD1iIvKI/BoM/yxWXeJR6ZCo/s1600/unity_global_menu_idea_by_musl1m-d3400kk.png http://musl1m.deviantart.com/art/Unity-Global-Menu-Idea-188117732 Also, gnome-shell menus look way better, so unity is

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Re: semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Carl Ansell
On 28/10/11 14:05, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: Original Message Subject:Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:46:34 +0100 From: Carl Ansell To: frederik.nn..

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Re: semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
> > Original Message Subject: Re: [Ayatana] > semi-transparent indicator menus Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:46:34 +0100 From: > Carl Ansell To: > frederik.nn...@gmail.com > > > When the panel is set to transparent, the menus do lookout of place. But if > these are transparent,

[Ayatana] Fwd: Re: semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Carl Ansell
Original Message Subject:Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:46:34 +0100 From: Carl Ansell To: frederik.nn...@gmail.com When the panel is set to transparent, the menus do lookout of place. But if these are transparent,

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Peterson Silva
IMHO, what we have _is_ visually consistent. Indicators should be opaque over the panel, just like the icons on the unity launcher are opaque over the transparent launcher. I mean, I'm not saying this couldn't be an option; I'm all in for customisation. I just don't think it should be priority...

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread Cyrille Ngassam Nkwenga
I agree 100% with you Frederik. when you set the panel to be transparent , the panel menu look very out of place. It would be good or very good if the panel could use the same style as the quicklist's one with the same level of transparency as the panel. __

[Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Unity introduces a new look, but Indicators Menus, which were there before the Dash, are not yet up to date in that respect. Obviously, there is no alpha for indicator menus, no way to set transparency in CCSM for them. I'd like to have control over that as a power user, power user being the bridge