On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 13:53 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 18:33 +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 10:28 -0700, Sandy Armstrong wrote: > > > On 03/24/2009 08:47 AM, Owen Taylor wrote: > > > > Using Compiz to create a GNOME desktop using GNOME applications, the > > > > GNOME control-center, and so forth will of course remain possible. We > > > > have no current plans to create hard dependencies on GNOME Shell within > > > > the GNOME desktop (just as there are no hard dependencies on gnome-panel > > > > now.) > > > > > > Yeah, but I can still use gnome-panel in compiz. I understand the > > > reasoning here, and don't have any suggestions or anything, but it's a > > > bit disappointing that the new desktop experience will be so tied to the > > > window manager. > > > > Asking to leave all the compiz goodness will be a tough sell :) > > What in particular would you miss? We're not looking to take goodness > away from you, we are looking to replace it with better goodness (*). > > - Owen > > (*) Better here means, in particular, better integrated with GNOME. > Hopefully more concentrated on consistent design and usability. Probably > not quite as pretty, at least initially. Though there's no inherent > reason we can't match Compiz bling for bling; we have access to the same > hardware capabilities and a better programming environment.
Admittedly I never tried gnome-shell. When I first tried compiz, I found the bling really just that: bling. I used it for a while, then came back to metacity - oh the horror ! Once you're accustomed to wobbly windows and workspaces-on-a-cube, there's no going back. The feeling of a "solid" desktop, with tangible windows is true usability, not just eye candy. There's more: non-computer-savvy people can't really grasp the workspace concept with metacity, whereas with compiz's cube (or one of its variants) it's obvious to them. Yes, metacity has a compositor. It's better but still far away. Of course I'm open to other ways to map my mind to the multiple applications running on my desktop, like most. But if gnome-shell feels clunky, if it looses the objects-I-can-touch feeling that compiz has, it's gonna be a tough sell. Xav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list