Re: themes for GNOME2 docs

[Chris Lyttle <chris wilddev net>]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Telsa Gwynne wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 09:40:36AM -0800 or thereabouts, Chris Lyttle wrote:
> > Ah ha! Now these are the sort of arguments that seem reasonable to me
> > against using special effects, esp the one about confusing the user. I
> > would suggest adding these comments to the style guide instead of a
> > plain 'dont do this' as this will give some view of the reasoning behind
> > doing things a certain way.
> 
> Never mind confusing the user. What about confusing the documentor?
> I have read the entire thread and still don't know.
> 
> What is a drop shadow?
> 
Its an effect that puts a shadow on behind a picture to make it seem like 
its standing out a bit from the rest of the page.

Chris