Disable moving window transparency

Bug #703458 reported by Michael Stephenson
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compiz (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

In Natty moving window opacity is set to 95%, This changed immediately produced some minor ire among Natty testers in a thread at OMG!Ubuntu! http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/unity-update-new-features-options/#comment-129513375
I believe it to be a distracting and annoying feature that contributes nothing to usability, and is unattractive.
The respective gconf key is /apps/compiz-1/plugins/move/screen0/options/opacity and it should be set to 100

Tags: bitesize
Jorge Castro (jorge)
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jorge Castro (jorge) wrote :

John,

iirc when we did the compiz settings review we enabled this feature because the idea was to allow people to move and resize windows while being able to slightly see through them to be able to see content in other windows while making a move.

didrocks, I think more concerning are the comments that the performance on the free drivers are a regression; I guess we'll see as people try it.

tags: added: bitesize
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

Hey Jorge, you're right.

Definitively a regression on the free drivers, got enough feedback about it and reverting the default to 100% for alpha2.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu4

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compiz (1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/000_fix_stacking.patch:
    - so awaited patch to fix menu stacking issue
      (LP: #693073, #695638, #690461) (congrats smspillaz)
  * debian/patches/065_add_bailer_and_detection_plugins.patch:
    - remove zenity message, now handled in the session level
  * debian/patches/029_default_options.patch:
    - set back to opacity to 100 when dragging windows, seems to have a lot of
      perf issues on some graphic card. (LP: #703458)
  * debian/patches/03_git_fix_maprequest.patch
    debian/patches/04_git_fix_override_redirect_window.patch
    debian/patches/06_git_fix_unmapped_then_remapped_window.patch
    debian/patches/07_git_fix_click_to_focus_issue.patch
    debian/patches/08_make_qt_wine_appearing.patch
    debian/patches/09_git_valgrind_cleanage.patch
    debian/patches/10_git_set_vp_before_window_initialization.patch:
    - misc fixes backported from upstream git head. Fixing flash and gnome-panel
      crash (LP: #683100, #690461)
  * debian/patches/000_workaround_gconfbackend_init_hang.patch:
    - adapt to new version
  * debian/patches/029_default_options.patch:
    - disable ligthning by default on the opengl plugin as it's not really used
      and conflict with unity (LP: #703140)
  * debian/patches/11_git_fix_windows_jumping.patch
    debian/patches/12_fix_warning.patch
    debian/patches/13_fix_window_geometries_and_properties.patch:
    - last minute fix due to regression introduced by the patch above, fix wrong
      geometry and wrong startup position (LP: #707853, #707852)
  * debian/patches/085_add_grid_plugin.patch,
    debian/rules, debian/control, debian/unity.ini,
    debian/compiz-gnome.gconf-defaults
    - add to main (as upstream is doing in the git repository) the grid plugin
      and activate it by default. Replaces the -extra package with a previous
      version
    - tweak the default settings to only have the effect that were specified:
      top -> maximize, left (top or bottom left) -> window half left of the
      screen, right (top or bottom right) -> window half right of the screen
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:05:18 +0100

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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