Daniel, it was originally a design decision to have a "frosted glass"
effect.
On closer looking, I do see the frosted glass still on about the 4th or
5th row (at the bottom of my screen) on Intel graphics, so I agree this
isn't quite fixed yet. Since I can't find this fix mentioned in the
Ubuntu changelog, maybe it's actually a bug that the frosted effect
isn't working as it was.
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/834207
Title:
"Frosted glass" ghosting effect makes Dash icons look fuzzy, broken
Status in Ayatana Design:
New
Status in Unity:
Triaged
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Here's a screenshot of the Dash at full screen. In the first column
(Bluetooth through Mahjongg), the icons look quite fuzzy. I understand
that this effect is by design and is supposed to evoke a "frosted
glass" metaphor. Personally, I thought that the Dash's blur effect was
broken and that was unintentional, buggy ghosting, perhaps related to
a graphics driver bug. I believe users will have the same worried
reaction.
I think the Dash's background blur is a generally good idea (the
specific color and blur intensity may need tweaking) and a glass or
frosted glass look makes sense from a "Light" theme but the individual
dash icons must be clear and legible.
The lens icons don't have an off-center fuzzy echo, nor do the search
box, or the indicator status menus or the launcher items...because it
would look equally out of place.
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/78103067/Screenshot%2520at%25202011-08-26%252003%253A20%253A08.png
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.10.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.12-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Thu Aug 25 18:34:43 2011
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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