Re: [Nautilus-list] That blinking white thing when users log in (was Re: Final Candidate...)

[Adam Haile <adam haile duke edu>]

On 10 Apr 2001 09:59:38 -0700, Darin Adler wrote:
> The white flash at login is something we'd like to fix some day
> <http://bugzilla.eazel.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185>. But we can't simply copy
> what gmc does to fix the bug, because we support anti-aliasing between the
> icons and the desktop background to make desktop icons look good. The gmc
> approach of using a separate X window for each icon does not allow
> anti-aliasing between the icons and the background, but the single X window
> for the background does.

The Gnome terminal samples the background image in order to generate a
pseudo-transparent background.  Couldn't you combine separate X windows
for each icon with anti-aliasing by doing the same thing?  Sample the
bit of background behind the icon and blend the anti-aliasing into that.
People who use animated backgrounds (xsnow) will still notice some
weirdness in the local vicinity of the icons, though.

Yours,
    Adam