> So this is what people mentioned here and there and what I can image: > 1. Menu bar: no translucent. > The screenshot of Leopard's menu bar is pretty bad. > Black menu text and icon with translucent menu bar don't mix > well > with dark desktop background.
Agreed. What _was_ Apple thinking? > 2. Dock (Tabbed shelf in future): background translucent, > foreground opaque. > This requires GNUstep to support 32-bit window. I think the Shelf can have a solid background. Something like a 90% opacity background may not be a bad idea for the future, but it's not critical right now. > 3. Active (focused) window: opaque. Yep. > 4. Inactive (unfocused) window: 90% opaque. > How about floating panel of active application ? Translucency on inactive windows can be bad, as often you want to look at two windows at once, and need to clearly see what is in the unfocused one. As long as we can differentiate active from inactive windows via changes in the chrome and drop shadow (like here: http:// jesseross.com/clients/etoile/ui/interface/800x480.png ), we shouldn't have to use translucency. > 5. Busy window: 60% (?) opaque. Yeah -- 60 or 70, probably. I'd have to test it to see what the optimum percentage is. > I personally don't like translucent window title bar as Window > Vista. > It looks messy. Yep -- let's not go down that path. J. _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
