Vista, etc.

[Simon]

In Compiz/Beryl's defense, that Mac-ish bouncy icon bar is a separate
project, and you can turn off any other effects you find nauseating,
there's a modular plugin system with plenty of options.  I've only
ever used compiz, and it was about 6 months ago, but I'm sure that one
can find a decent reason to run Compiz or Beryl as a WM.

On 12/21/06, Kevin Cozens <kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Aaron Vegh wrote:
> > For those who didn't know about Beryl, this YouTube video tells all:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ZtcxHUSDQ
> >
> > I think we'll all be in trouble when we confuse nifty eye candy for a
> > truly usable system. It looks better for about 15 minutes, then you
> > get annoyed.
>
> Interesting. Its the first YouTube video I've been able to watch. Only one
> minor hesitation near the start then the res ot if it played smoothly.
>
> That Beryl desktop looked fine for a moment when it first booted. The toolbar
> across the bottom reminded me of what I've been on the Mac's at a local store.
> Once the person started interating with it, it all started to look rather
> sick. I don't mean sick as in good but as in nauseating.
>
> The web page says "Above all else, the project seeks to listen to and respond
> to the requests of the user base." so I want to know who is the user base?
> Mostly kids who are spend most of their time playing games?
>
> I'd like to know how one gets the Beryl desktop so I can be sure to stay far
> away from it. I can think of better ways to make use of CPU/GPU processing
> abilities.
>
> --
> Cheers!
>
> Kevin.
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