On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 23:02 +0100, Iain * wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Patryk Zawadzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nah, one thing about a compositor is that it keeps off-screen copies > > of all the windows so it does not have to invalidate regions when the > > stacking order changes. > > To be totally honest, I've never really thought of that as being all > that important. > I don't think I've ever thought "You know, I wish that window would > redraw faster" when I've restacked it > but maybe thats just me. > > If a compositor just kept off screen copies of windows, and didn't > have live previews etc etc, would you honestly use it?
I think Patryk was thinking more of the case where the application "hangs" and doesn't redraw. Which looks really bad. Compositors fix that. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list