Sorry, I misremembered. I just checked with Otto again, and he said it
was his decision. He would like to improve the algorithm so that it
doesn't wash out icons, he just isn't sure how to do it yet.
It may save time to design the fix for this bug at the same time as bug
827492 (the equivalent problem in the Dash) and/or bug 966222 (near-
invisible launching feedback for square icons).
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: Opinion => New
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Assignee: (unassigned) => Otto Greenslade (otto-chaotic)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/838050
Title:
Launcher has tile backgrounds that wash out many icons
Status in Ayatana Design:
New
Status in Unity:
Opinion
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
unity 4.10.2-0ubuntu2, Ubuntu Ocelot
unity 5.4.0-0ubuntu2, Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1
The Unity launcher places each application icon on a colored tile. The
color is chosen by averaging the colors used in the icon itself. This
was an interesting idea, but it doesn't work. If an icon uses mostly
one color, and doesn't have cartoon-like borders, the surrounding
color washes out the icon and makes it hard to recognize.
<https://launchpadlibrarian.net/78619733/Launcher%2520washout.png>
demonstrates the problem with:
* Ubuntu Software Center
* Language Support
* Mozilla Thunderbird
* Universal Access (moot once bug 801784 is fixed)
* Update Manager
* Synaptic
* Me Maker
* gbrainy.
<https://launchpadlibrarian.net/67598254/apport_icon.png> shows the
problem with Apport.
And the launcher also has the problem with:
* Apport
* Chromium
* Skype.
An icon that looks beautiful in the Dash, the messaging or sound
menus, Docky, or AWN, and even in Windows or Mac OS X, can easily look
terrible in the Unity launcher. Therefore, the problem is with the
launcher, not with the icons.
Some of the ways in which this could be fixed:
* Remove the background color from the Launcher icons altogether.
* Make the background color much darker, or much lighter, than the average
icon color.
* Apply a shadow to the icons. (This would conflict with any shadow the icon
already has, such as in Firefox.)
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