From: magdalena on
In article <jollyroger-E8EF6F.12485101052008(a)individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> In article
> <magdalenabung-0C89B7.12351801052008(a)newsgroups.comcast.net>,
> magdalena <magdalenabung(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <afb3d12c-4397-47b4-acdc-6eb652e8afdb(a)i36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> > The Translucent Amoebae <transamoebae(a)seanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Apr 30, 4:22 pm, magdalena <magdalenab...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > At least once a day, the drop shadows on my Dock icons turn into white
> > > > shadows (almost glowing) when I'm hovering over them. When this happens,
> > > > I think to myself, "What an ugly Dock." They eventually go back to
> > > > normal, but I can't figure out what triggers those white shadows. At
> > > > first I thought it was Spaces, but disabling Spaces didn't help. I
> > > > googled and couldn't find anyone else talking about this phenomenon.
> > > > Anyone?
> > >
> > > This is a long shot...
> > > Are you using a MacBook or other portable computer?
> > > i've noticed that some dark colors don't look at all as dark as they
> > > should be when the screen is tilted back too far...???
> > >
> > > This doesn't seem really very applicable, but i noticed that no one
> > > was responding to your post...???
> >
> > I'm using a MacBook Pro. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the
> > screen angle. Next time it happens, I'll do a screen shot and post it
> > somewhere.
>
> Have a digital camera handy in case the screen shot doesn't reflect the
> problem, which would be the case if the video hardware were
> malfunctioning.

I'm going senile. It happened again this morning. I realized that the
angle of my MacBook Pro had everything to do with it! I moved it back
further and now the icons are normal!!! This is my first laptop, so I
have an excuse.