Xfce panel translucent

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Mon Oct 4 10:40:54 CEST 2004


Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> On 10/04/04 01:52, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> 
>>Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>
>>>(note: i'm actually advocating ditching the partial struts in the case that
>>>a compositor is active, as i think the translucent idea is much cooler 
>>>^_^.)
>>
>>I really klemmer this idea. Eye-candy may be a good thing to catch 
>>interest to xfce, but it cannot replace functionality!
> 
> 
> you're missing the point.  you seem to have this predjudice that says that
> translucency is _only_ eye-candy.  it _does_ have a functional purpose,
> especially in this case.

Ok, ok, I may be a aggrieved by aqua, where eye-candy mostly prevents 
functionality, until I disable it, of course. :-) What I wanted to say 
was simply: Adding eye-candyness is ok, but don't remove existing 
functionality.

Benedikt



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