Unfortunately, I share the exact same view as you do. Unfortunately x2, it's even more of a headache in 14.04. It seems as if the icons were switched to SVG to allow for better scaling on HiDPI screens, but at the expense of the pips being much smaller than before and the highlights of the icons being almost identical from their idle state.
I reported my own bug report and haven't had that much activity on it, granted it's still a young report, although it's been listed as 'low importance', which of course given the fact there's little/no way to decipher an icon's status, this has me a little concerned to say the very least. Still crossing my fingers there... Here are some examples in 14.04 with Skype in particular: http://oi62.tinypic.com/nxjgh3.jpg http://oi59.tinypic.com/21mi1w0.jpg >From bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1304073 See how there's literally no difference? It's such a minor difference it's difficult to see even when you're actively watching the icon switch back and forth, let alone having to look at an icon when you get back to your computer to quickly see "does this application need attention?" As it stands now, it's clearly a broken feature as it's pretty much impossible to tell the difference. Hopeful that there's a quick resolution. I'd certainly hate to see the next LTS be stuck with something like this throughout its cycle. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012204 Title: Is not clear enough when an application has information or not Status in Ayatana Design: New Status in Unity: Incomplete Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The difference of colour between the two states of the arrow on the left of a Launcher tile is not big enough. The colour of the default state is grey, not white. When a message is received, instead, the colour is light blue. With Skype, probably because of an optical illusion, the left arrow when in default state seems already slightly tint of blue, looks almost if there might be a message left by someone. Possible solutions: 1) Drop the colour on the Launcher arrows (pips) 2) Use a more different colour To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1012204/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
