Temporary KColorScheme change - hard-code some state colors

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 15.09.07 11:37:24, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On 9/15/07, pinheiro <nuno at oxygen-icons.org> wrote:
> > A Saturday 15 September 2007 08:56:18, Aaron J. Seigo escreveu:
> > > On Saturday 15 September 2007, pinheiro wrote:
> > > > A Saturday 15 September 2007 04:31:07, Aaron J. Seigo escreveu:
> > > > > On Friday 14 September 2007, pinheiro wrote:
> > > > > > like i said aron i prefer to redo the windeco than making 2 diferent
> > > > > > shapes....
> > > > >
> > > > > i don't think different shapes is the only possible answer here. have
> > > > > we tried experimenting with colours in the title bar buttons, or
> > > > > changing how the buttons are drawn (e.g. flat versus outlined or
> > > > > something)?
> > > >
> > > > Dont you think that is worts than a sutle diference on the coloring of
> > > > the window?
> > >
> > > hard to say without seeing it =)
> > >
> > > > Any way i can speack beter with images plese lets be productive and
> > > > coment on this images
> > > > http://www.nuno-icons.com/images/estilo/image4618.png
> > > > dont mind the fusines on the border and lack of sharpnes it mostly couse
> > > > off grid alinhment issues in the svg.
> > >
> > > seems this might a good reason to use some colour in the buttons: so that
> > > we can remove that colour from inactive windows?
> >
> > realy dont want to be messing with what is good now so that i can fix another
> > prolem .... that can be done altering the gradient in the butons wen inactive
> > making them look flat, they have a slight curvature now.. but no coments on
> > the link?
> 
> The top option looks clearly different from the right one. A window
> has text as well, and if you gray that out, too, it might be enough. I
> like it, and it's simply how it's done right now in many styles and
> windowdecorations..

Without the labels (inactive/active) I didn't find the difference
between the top two images within 10 seconds. That doesn't work IMHO
because all thats different is the coloring of the window-buttons which
I personally (and probably many other people) hardly look at anyway.
IMHO a combination of 1 and 3 is a good option.

> We might also use transparency from kwin, making windows SLIGHTLY
> transparent, or make the windowdecoration gradually transparent or
> something...

The problem with that is that it won't work as default, because there
are quite some systems out there that don't have composite support
activated or working properly. Not even talking about speed here. All
these effects shouldn't be part of something as basic as differing
active from inactive windows.

Andreas

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