[ubuntu-art] New Wave

Giuseppe Pennisi giupenni78 at gmail.com
Fri May 9 20:55:06 BST 2008


François Degrave ha scritto:   
> >> That's nice, but I just find it quite disappointing that we lose this 
> >> "all-in-one" effect for the menu bar and task bar on inactive windows. 
> >> We really should ask -- or write -- a patch for Metacity to have 
> >> different menu bars on inactive and active windows, to keep this "solid" 
> >> feeling.
> >>
> >>     
> > Yes, is true. It is disappointing but I don't know if it's only a
> > Metacity problem, indeed (as you can see) if Compiz not enabled the
> > problem is not present.
> > Perhaps changing (some) the compiz settings the problem can be fixed.
> > If that's possible it cane be a workaround.
> >
> > I will try to solve the problem or with compiz (if this is possible) or 
> > writing (or asking :D )a patch for metacity. 
> >   
> Btw, it is better to try to make the menu bar the same color as the 
> window bar rather than removing the transparency of the window bar. The 
> transparency can stay if the menu bar is the continuation of the window bar.
> 
Yes, I agree with you. It can be very nice. But the engine must be
modified. 
However I think that this theme is becoming increasingly pleasant. :-)

Giuseppe P.

ps: I upgraded the wiki.




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