[ubuntu-art] Union mock-up compiz problem.

[Dylan McCall]

Rats, I went and used an already-taken term! I mean to say that Compiz
shouldn't be blindly drawing shadows, when they are in its preferences.
Details like that should be controlled by the theme.

Bye,
-Dylan

On Jan 8, 2008 6:31 AM, xl cheese <xl_cheese at hotmail.com> wrote:

> That's actually the way clearlooks comes out of the box.  I just adjusted
> the color inside the engine to highlight the apps/places/system with the
> normal bg color instead of orange.
>
> I wonder if the engine could draw the tab/menu combo as one widget and
> compiz would recognize it and draw the shadow the way we want?
>
>
> Looking at the potential dropdown problem of one item flowing into the
> next, plus the shadow at the same intersection, why not go the opposite
> direction?
>
> Where the music selection has the solid orange highlight, why not copy it
> onto the places button? That way the highlight has continuity with the
> button, and it eliminates both the shadow and the border issue. So really,
> just make places the solid orange too.
>
> Amazing work!
>  -- Ken V
>
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2008 6:25 PM, xl cheese <xl_cheese at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think compiz will put a damper on the nice menus and menubaritem
> combination.
>
> Compiz puts a shadow all the way around the menu.
>
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=menu.png
>
> It may also be tricky to have the engine draw the 1px border around the
> menu except for the intersection of the menu and menubaritem.  I'm sure the
> right programmer could make it happen tho.
> ________________________________
> > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:44:02 -0500
> > From: vermette at gmail.com
> > To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: [ubuntu-art] Union mock-up updates ending.
> >
> > Updates to the union mock ups and sources are officially ending. While
> working on the most recent update, my laptop froze completely, and now it
> appears to be completely dead. Because I'm beginning military training on
> the 13th, there's no point in fixing the 6-year old beast of a laptop.
> >
> > The data might be fine (I think it's the graphics card), and I'm going
> to plug my hard-drive into a desktop computer to see if I still have my
> work; depending on how this goes, I might get one more update loaded into
> the wiki, after that I'll make the most of my time with the family before I
> leave. If my data is corrupt or irretrievable, then I'll be forced to forget
> any more updates.
> >
> > The 0.4 update was the second last planned before calling the theme
> design "final". It unified outlines throughout the theme, added an
> additional button to the bottom of the windows, and overall had some colour
> balancing. If anyone wants to get a step closer to the planned design,
> follow the steps below:
> >
> >  - Brown lines throughout the chrome receive 35% opacity, including drag
> circles.
> >  - Window frame button outlines receive converted tab outlines, becoming
> more square and sharp.
> >  - Close button no longer fades to the right, instead going into the
> edge of the window and only fading at the top.
> >
> > From here on out, I'm a useless bag of opinions until I leave (sucks to
> be this mailing list now, eh?). I'll try to keep up, and my email will
> always be open. If I do manage the update, a tar.gz will be available with
> all of my materials, including wallpapers, all versions of the theme,
> experiments, notes, personal instructions and my Formulae Tru design shown
> in my deviantart account, below.
> >
> > http://raraken.deviantart.com/
> >
> > Thank you, extreme apologies for any and all trouble this may cause.
> > -Ken Vermette
>
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