In the gothic chambers of the underworld on Fri 16 Feb 2001 at 07:03 -0500,
Sigvard Lyth muttered darkly:
> I saw earlier someone flashing some WM- code... Later it was comented on
> in a positive way. Partly becuase it was 3D.
>
> I have been thinking about this for a long while, but have held the idea
> back, in fear of the "feature-creep" bashers :) But now I feel it's time
> to stand forward..
>
> The effect mentioned earlier, could be accomplised by putting a layer of
> dark text beneath a layer of lighter text. The 3D-effect is stunning, as
> seen i WM... Why do we not have this "optional" feature? It couldnt
> possibly be a huge amount of code? (I'm no code...) And the cool-factor is
> enormous... Why not?
>
> This could be use in menues, windowlabels, bbkeys, the toolbar, what
> ever... :)
>
> I think it would be a neat effect...
>
this was discussed once. as i recall, the conclusion reached was that
rendering the second layer of text required too much of a performance
hit for it to be worthwhile. not to mention, shadowed "3d" text is
completely useles, and has no practical value whatsoever. if you really
have your heart set on it, you can always use enlightement. "but e is
too slow!", you say. well, that's because it's full of eye-candy like 3d
text. therefore, do not fear the feature-creep bashers: they are the
ones who make blackbox, the window manager that you love.
c.
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