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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: windows with shadows
From:       Per Wigren <wigren () home ! se>
Date:       2000-04-27 11:19:56
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I think this is not possible because of limitations in X...
Come back in 50 years when Berlin is finished and stable! ;-)

// Wigren

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Dirk Hennig wrote:
> For quite a time I am thinking about a new feature in the window
> management: Adding a shadow to windows. By this I mean not only having a
> black line on the right and bottom end of it, but a real shadow, which
> darkens the underlying window or desktop. For each window a "flight height
> above desktop" should be calculated, depending on when it last was raised.
> Then the shadow should be bigger or smaller, depending on the difference
> between the window and the underlying window or desktop. That means, the
> shadow of one window could have a different widths.
> I admit, it is not an easy task, but I think it would improve the look a
> lot, because it would be much easier to for the user to optical seperate
> the windows.
>
> What do you think about this?
>
> Dirk

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