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And a slight barely-noticeable drop shadow and some transparency with blur effect just light enough not to notice it but still put a big load on your GPU :)
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
And a slight barely-noticeable drop shadow and some transparency with blur effect just light enough not to notice it but still put a big load on your GPU :)
- pcwalton 5y agoA modern composited UI with GPU rendering including such effects is far more efficient than a traditional CPU rendered desktop, especially with HiDPI.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoTrue but it does need the GPU. I had some issues with my dual-GPU (intel integrated + nVidia) MacBook Pro. Whenever I would start up the desktop it would fire up the external GPU. But my point is that the effects are often so subtle they can't even be noticed. I'm not against them per se. I have most of them on now in KDE in fact but boosted up a bit which I think looks nicer. But you're right, it's not a 'big load' like I said, a modern GPU can handle this with 2 fingers up its nose.
- hulitu 5y agoYou can change the thickness of the shadow. Try to do that in other GUI.
- CRConrad 5y agoWindows had that well into W 7, individually for inner and outer bevel IIRC. The only thing that went away from the Control Panel was the adjustment of the actual Border Width, between the bevels, below 1. Previously you could set it down to zero, butting the bevels directly against each other (a look I preferred). For a while afterwards, you could hack it via the Registry Editor, but a little later they broke that, too. Or did you mean the actual drop shadow, outside the window proper?