[ubuntu-art] New Wave

[Giuseppe Pennisi]

Kido Mariano ha scritto:
> > > 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).
> 
Yes, it was like I thought. You've early me.
Infact I changed the value of metacity_theme_opacity from 0.75 to 1.0
and I solved the problem.

http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newwavemetacitycompiznofe6.png

Another solution is to flag metacity_theme_shade_opacity and set
metacity_theme_opacity to 58 (or other).

http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newwavemetacitycompizwias1.png

I think that it's the most logical solution because it's not a metacity
problem (or gtkrc engine), but a specific configuration of compiz.
For me the problem of active\inactive window can be fixed with compiz
setup.

Giuseppe P.