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Active VS inactive part II

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Need some feed back on some variations I been working on oxygen windeco. click on the image for a more contextual image. Right now my favorites are 3 (little changes from how it looks now) and 4 ( flat background and inverted line) 2 (no RGB chages) might be interesting but I'm not sure it will work on most color variation also kills a bit the one slab look. 5 is really simply but removes the buttons not sure its good idea 1 ..... I simply don't like (not sure what it is doing there :) ) Also made some modifications to active state extra shine on top more contrast in dividing line and color on the buttons symbols. Opinions, flames, etc wellcome

The active non active problem?

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Well one of the configuration options in kwin for the longest time was color... I know that i have know that for the longest time it made sense for the longest, time and i gess it still does . But oxygen started with a new idea a all in one look a unified look, and that poses a problem how does one set an active from an inactive window apart. After some work it was decided that this was enough.... Now some users think we should color the windeco. Well In all true honesty I cant see how I can do that, and still be coherent with the style, its an ok option but its not oxygen. The first time I saw oxygen style was wen Kenneth made a rendering for me of a ceramic slab with rounded corners, that is the ground basis of oxygen, as a mater of fact I'm willing to change most of oxygen except that cause its the foundation of oxygen. What I'm going to redo is the windeco buttons and had a bit of color to them so that will help as well in setting them apart. Any way what is your opini