Enlightenment CVS wrote: > Enlightenment CVS committal > > Author : titan > Project : web > Module : www > > Dir : web/www/p/about/dev > > > Modified Files: > en-body > > > Log Message: > Revert everything I did. Forget that I even touched www. > > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/e/web/www/p/about/dev/en-body,v > retrieving revision 1.14 > retrieving revision 1.15 > diff -u -3 -r1.14 -r1.15 > --- en-body 23 Apr 2007 20:45:08 -0000 1.14 > +++ en-body 23 Apr 2007 20:53:31 -0000 1.15 > @@ -4,27 +4,27 @@ > > <p><b><center>Enlightenment DR17</center></b></p> > <center><?php img("logo.png", "E"); ?></center> > -<p>Enlightenment 0.17 is the next generation of UNIX graphical environments. > It is not only a window manager, but also a desktop shell. > -A desktop shell includes the following features: window manager, file > manager, and configuration utilities. These features are not separated like > other common environments. Now, let's take a closer look at what E17 has to > offer...</p> > +<p>Enlightenment 0.17 is the next generation of UNIX graphical environments. > It is not just a window manager, but it is also a desktop shell. > +A desktop shell means, a window manager plus a file manager, plus > configuration utilitys all in one. They are not separated as usual. Now, > let's take a closer look at all E17 features...</p> > <center><?php img("performance.png", "E"); ?></center> > <p><b><center>Extremely High Performance.</center></b></p> > -<p>Enlightenment is fast. It is known to run well on very slow machines, > such as 186 Mhz processors with 128 MB of RAM. This means that you don't have > to own the best hardware to get a good desktop experience. Even better, you > can control how fast you want it to be by using it's performance > configuration panel to change settings such as cache.</p> > +<p>Enlightenment is fast. No, really. It's fast. It is known to run on very > slow machines (like 186 Mhz CPU, 128 MB of RAM) well. So you really don't > need a modern desktop to see some eye-candy and to use a modern graphical > environment. Even more â?? you can control how fast you want it by using it's > Performance configuration panel to change the cahce settings and more.</p> > s/cahce/cache :)))) see you > <center><?php img("eye_candy.png", "E"); ?></center> > <p><b><center>Eye Candy On A Higher Level</center></b></p> > -<p>High performance doesn't mean eye candy was sacrificed. Beautiful > graphics and smooth effects make up the visual aspect of enlightenment. From > animated boot screens and backgrounds, to the animations and effects that > themes provide, the possibilities are amazing. Virtual desktops can have > their own background (animated or not). Visual effects can be seen from > desktop switching, to window minimizing and maximizing. The menus, borders, > widgets, and all other parts of a normal window manager can be animated as > well. Effects are provided by the theme, so every theme gives E a different > look and feel.</p> > +<p>The high performance does not mean that there is no eye candy. There is > eye candy that you have never seen before. Starting from the animated boot > screen, to continue with the all animations and effects that themes could > provide, to end up with fancy animated backgrounds. But not some huge .GIF > files, but really nice animations. Every virtual desktop (at the moment you > can have 24) can have it's own background (animated or not), so you can put > different wallpapers on the different virtual desktops. There are a number of > effects that can be shown when you switch from the different virtual > desktops. The menus, the borders and all other usual parts of a normal window > manager are animated as well as some of the widgets (the sliders, for > example). Remember that those effects are provided by the theme, so every > theme makes E to look different, with different effects, look and feel and > animations.</p> > <center><?php img("desktop_shell.png", "E"); ?></center> > -<p><b><center>File Manager</center></b></p> > -<p>As we mentioned, E17 provides a file manager as well. Right now, you can > do the basics with it: browse , copy, move, and delete files and directories. > It provides thumbnails and will open specified applications based on > mimetype.</p> > +<p><b><center>A Desktop Shell</center></b></p> > +<p>As we already mentioned, E17 provides a file manager as well. Of the time > of writing, it is not completed and is in active development (as E17 as a > whole itself), but after it is finished it will be a very nice, configurable > and eye candy. Even right now, you can do the basic things with it â?? > browse, copy, move, delete files. It will provide thumbnails for your > pictures and will be able to open your files with the coresponding > application of your choice.</p> > <p><b><center>Configurable</center></b></p> > -<p>E17 is highly configurable. Currently it has a nice configuration panel > with 36 configuration dialogs for all of you environment configuration needs. > You can change your wallpaper, theme, fonts, screen resolution, screen's > power settings, your keyboard and mouse settings and bindings, default > language, and much more. You can contol almost every apsect of what E is > doing and how.</p> > +<p>E17 is highly configurable. Currently it has a nice configuration panel > with 36 configuration dialogs for all kinds of things. You can change your > wallpaper or your theme, your fonts, your screen resolution, your screen's > power settings, your keyboard and mouse settings, the language that > Enlightenment talks to you, and so on. You can contol almost every apsect of > what E is doing and how. It will do what you want it to do.</p> > <p><b><center>Localized</center></b></p> > -<p>Currently, E17 is localized in 20 languages. This includes latin > languages like English and French, cyrillic languages like Russian and > Bulgarian and even Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. Note that you can change > the language on the fly without restarting E or your X server.</p> > +<p>At this moment, E17 is localized in 20 languages, including latin > languages like English and French, cyrillic languages like Russian and > Bulgarian and even Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. Note that you can change > the language on the fly without restarting E or your X server.</p> > <p><b><center>Full-featured</center></b></p> > -<p>As you already know, Enlightenment 0.17 has many features, but one of the > most important is the functionality that you can add and remove with modules. > Modules are small applications that extend E17. There are many modules > including an application launcher, minimized applications container, pager, > battery, temperature, frequency, and clock. Developing a module is simple > even for the beggining programmer, and maintained modules are welcomed in the > community.</p> > +<p>As you already know, Enlightenment 0.17 has lots of features, but one of > the most important is, that you can add and remove functionality by using > modules. Modules are small applications that extend E17. There can be modules > tho show you the weather outside, or calendar modules, or modules to control > your volume or whatever you may think. Developing a module is not that hard, > so, if you have programming skills, you are more than welcome to develop and > maintain some modules for the community.</p> > > <p><b><center>Standardized</center></b></b> > > -<p>E17 is following most standards and specifications. NetWM, ICCCM, XDG, > Freedesktop, and so on.</p> > +<p>E17 is following all needed standards and specifications. NetWM, ICCCM, > XDG and so on.</p> > > </div></td> > </tr> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-cvs >
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