I understand your point. I skimmed through your post before I replied. I should have *read* it. My apologies :)
On 3/11/06, Kurt Pfeifle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 11 March 2006 18:00, Venkat Krishnaswamy wrote: > > > But to really use it day-in, day-out *right now*, xgl/compiz is utterly > > > un-usable. I got fed up with it very quickly. > > > > i tried the Xgl live cd (http://getkororaa.com/) on my machine, athlon > > xp 1.53 GHz, 1 GB ram with an integrated geforce2 mx adapter (32 mb > > shared ram). it uses gnome and is very well integrated. everything > > worked very smooth and flawless, without any apparent display > > glitches. remember it's a "livecd". > > As I told you: I used it with KDE. I used it with my main system, not > with a Live CD. I used it with a more or less supported Intel chip that > can do hardware acceleration (i915)... > > When I said "un-usable", I didn't mean to say it is "slow", "unstable", > "ugly", "buggy", "crap" or anything like that. I didn't want to deprecate > the work on xgl and compiz. In fact, it both are great thing to have, and > both are excellent assets for the Linux desktop's future. > > But it is "un-usable" for me in the sense that their currently implemented > features ("rotating cube",...) do not help me get work done faster, or > more efficient. (It makes my eyes and mind get tired faster :) And as I > said, it is great for demo-ware right now (but of course, HW acceleration > in general is a good thing for lots of purposes.) > > Let me repeat: the challenge is to invent, think-out, develop, create, > implement *new* useful effects that help users (especially newbie users) > to get an easier access to his computer's/desktop's features; that help > her to be more productive; that makes computer usage more fun, and more > pleasure to use overall (yes, the fun factor is already there with the > rotating cube and some other effects, but it didn't last for more than 1 > day for me...); that helps his workflow; that lends itself to an app's > "discoverability"; that gives new and easier ways to design innovative > user interface elements... > > > my only gripe was that kororaa's current version only has totem-player > > for playing video and IT SUCKS. other than that I was quite impressed > > by all the BLING! i was as usable as my regular install. > > The BLING! effects are nice. They are fun to use. They are a joy to demo > to the innocent Windows users around you. (I hope you do not get tired > of them as quickly as I did when using them for *work*.) > > I hope this time I made myself better understood. > > Cheers, > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > Appeal mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/appeal > _______________________________________________ Appeal mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/appeal
