[ubuntu-art] New Wave

[Kido Mariano]

On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 17:49 +0200, François Degrave wrote:
> Giuseppe Pennisi a écrit :
> > I upgraded Metacity to fix the active\inactive window.
> >
> > With compiz not enabled Metacity theme is displayed in this way:
> >
> > http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newwavemetacityzoomjm5.png
> >
> > http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newwavemetacityfullscrexk5.png
> >
> >
> > With compiz enabled Metacity theme is displayed in this way:
> >
> > http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newwavemetacitycompizzoyi5.png
> >
> > http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newwavemetacitycompizfumr1.png
> >
> > The transparency of the titlebar for metacity is due because of the
> > compiz setup.
> > IMHO it's not bad. However, fundamentally, if compiz is enabled the
> > people can to use Emarald, right?
> > Fundamentally Metacity is for those who can not use Emerald.
> > (Otherwise we can change the compiz setup)
> 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.
> 
> But except that, I'm everyday a little more confident in this theme, it 
> looks really nice and clean.
> 
> François
> 
> PS: I'll finish the monochromic icons for the taskbar tomorrow (no time 
> for yesterday neither today).
> 

Hey, just chiming in to tell y'all that it is possible to have the
transparency fade to opaque.
Run gconf-editor, then edit the gconf
entry /apps/gwd/metacity_theme_shade_opacity: check the checkbox, or set
it to true with the command line tool (not sure how to do this).

kido