OK, I've looked at Windows Vista to see how its done there. I don't think it looks the best, but the text is definitely readable. I'm attaching a screenshot to demonstrate what they've done. In essence, they heavily blur translucent title bars so that there are no sharp edges shining through from the content behind the active window. This actually looks pretty good. They also add an outer glow to the text in the title bar. The color of the outer glow is either a very pale yellow or gray. Considering that the Vista title bars are very transparent, I can see this is necessary, but I don't think it looks that great.
Ubuntu's desktop uses a carmel colored title bar that is only slightly transparent (check that, a recent update removed transparency, but lets assume its still slightly transparent). Therefore having a carmel colored outer glow would mitigate problems with transparency. For the inactive title bar, using a grey outer glow would also work. ** Attachment added: "vista transparent chrome.PNG" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8580158/vista%20transparent%20chrome.PNG -- font rendering problems in Gutsy w/ compiz https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127964 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
