Icons should fade up and down in Dash while scrolling

Bug #742055 reported by 3Dman
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Ayatana Design
New
Undecided
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Unity
Confirmed
Undecided
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unity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

The icons in dash should fade from the top and the bottom while scrolling, it will look a lot better than now.
Screenshot attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.8-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.38-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,resize,mousepoll,imgpng,snap,regex,wall,move,place,gnomecompat,grid,animation,session,workarounds,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon]
Date: Thu Mar 24 22:36:35 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110202)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-16 (8 days ago)

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3Dman (3dman) wrote :
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3Dman (3dman) wrote :
3Dman (3dman)
summary: - Icons shoul fade up and down in Dash while scrolling
+ Icons should fade up and down in Dash while scrolling
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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 742055] Re: Icons shoul fade up and down in Dash while scrolling

 status confirmed
 importance low

Yes, I think this is worth doing. 3Dman, could you go further and
provide a mockup of the fadeout in gimp? The guy to run it by is Otto
Greenslade, cc'd. I think this is for Oneiric unless someone out there
can whip up a patch?

Mark

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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3Dman (3dman) wrote :
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3Dman (3dman) wrote :

I have uploaded my mockup (sorry it's not professional)

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 742055] Re: Icons should fade up and down in Dash while scrolling

Thanks 3dman, it's plenty good enough to illustrate the concept.

Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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