It might be a bug with light-themes (among other themes), really: I've just noticed it works perfectly with the Sorbet theme (from the community-themes package). See attached screenshot for a transparent png rendered well in a transparent tooltip. Sorbet is the only theme I've found where it looks good. It is based on Homosapien which has the problem, so you might want to look the differences between both themes.
** Attachment added: "Good transparency with the Sorbet theme" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42111397/Capture-Liste%20des%20contacts.png -- Wrong transparency in tooltips of the new themes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538293 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs