Andrew,
I understand your stance on the alpha blending but i do agree with compaqpresario and those who do think that UI2 alpha blending is the best UI aesthetically. I have been using UI2 alpha and overlays for a good while now, and other than the tearing issue and the floorplan issue, i don't find alpha to be confusing at all. Those who have spent a considerable amount of time using linuxmce in my home have negative reviews of UI2 overlay. The "eye candy" effect is still in full effect in the 4 households i have turned onto to linuxmce. That could be do to the fact we all migrated from windows mce. As for usability, we only have the two above mentioned problems. To me it's a matter of opinion, i think it's good to give everybody the option to choose for themselves but the floorplan issue hampers use a little. That's why i wanted to know if it could be fixed in 8.10. Thanks