On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:41:09 +0100 Vincent Torri <[email protected]> said:
> on http://enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about&l=en the Enesim link should > be changed to http://code.google.com/p/enesim/ umm.. there is no link to enesim.. no mention of it... well not on the e17 about page.. which is all i really have time for atm. :/ > Vincent > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Enlightenment SVN > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Log: > > moar textsssszt > > > > > > > > Author: raster > > Date: 2012-12-19 23:30:14 -0800 (Wed, 19 Dec 2012) > > New Revision: 81424 > > Trac: http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/changeset/81424 > > > > Modified: > > trunk/web/www/p/about/e17/en-body > > > > Modified: trunk/web/www/p/about/e17/en-body > > =================================================================== > > --- trunk/web/www/p/about/e17/en-body 2012-12-20 06:58:49 UTC (rev 81423) > > +++ trunk/web/www/p/about/e17/en-body 2012-12-20 07:30:14 UTC (rev 81424) > > @@ -110,9 +110,29 @@ > > </p> > > > > <p> > > -E17 is smaller, lighter, faster, nicer and more flexible that your current > > WM, and it's old school with a new-school twist. Its farts smell of roses > > and world peace has been known to be solved by E. OK. Just kidding (though > > really... they so smell of roses!). +E17 is smaller, lighter, faster, nicer > > and more flexible that your current WM, and it's old school with a > > new-school twist. Its farts smell of roses and world peace has been known > > to be solved by E. OK. Just kidding (though really... they so smell of > > roses!). </p> > > > > +<p> > > +In all seriousness Enlightenment is fairly lean. Considering how much you > > get in return. It isn't a minimalist WM or desktop, but it is a massively > > long cry from the full desktop beasts that are its peers. Enlightenment > > uses EFL. EFL was designed to provide the core of Enlightenment, and then > > some. But it was targeted at scaling down to things like Mobile phones and > > embedded devices. This has meant that there was a large focus on being > > lean, and getting a lot of "return on investment". This of course has paid > > off for Enlightenment itself. +</p> + +<p> +It only loads what it needs to, > > when it needs to. It caches what it no longer needs to avoid always > > re-fetching it, but these caches eventually get flushed or expire, so > > long-term it won't just grow without bound in memory footprint. Rendering > > can be done with the CPU and/or GPU. It's up to you. (though at the moment > > we don't give you any UI controls over the rendering engine for UI content, > > but the compositor allows the choice - the core toolkit is capable of it). > > +</p> + +<p> +An E17 install on the exact same system as Unity on Ubuntu, > > simply replacing unity can save you 200M of RAM. Not to mention be snappier > > and more responsive. You will never know until you try, so why not at least > > give it a go? You run fewer processes since E17 now handles being the > > panel, filemanager, window manager and compositor (and more) all at once. > > It amortizes the cost of all these common components into a single process. > > +</p> + +<p> +Enlightenment and EFL provide over-the-top power when it > > comes to re-skinning or theme changes. You can change not just colors and > > background images, but entire animations, multiple layers of imagery > > scaled, aligned and laid out to please. It's like Photoshop or The GIMP, > > but on steroids riding a train of camels. If anything it may be an Achilles > > heel given how much power is exposed, but hey, that's what we have. If you > > are an artist, designer or skinner, you could hardly do much worse than > > E17. Wallpapers don't just have to be images. They can be complete > > interactive animations. You can provide multiple resolutions of your > > imagery all in-line in the same file and have the "best one chosen > > automatically" based on size. You can have it animate base on input events, > > or time. And not just the wallpaper. Anything in E17 can do this. Fade > > layers in and out, change their sizes, image content and more. Make your > > art come to life. +</p> + +<p> +And for the tweaker heads amongst you... > > there is an option for every occasion. We don't go quietly into the night > > and remove options when no one is looking. We sneak in when you least > > expect it and plant a whole forest of new option seeds, watching them > > spring to life. We nail new options to walls on a regular basis. Options > > are good. Options are awesome. We have lots of them. Spend some quality > > time getting to know your new garden of options in E17. It may just finally > > give you the control you have been pining for. +</p> + <hr> > > > > <h3>Becoming Enlightened</h3> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > > Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > > Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services > > Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-svn mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-svn > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. 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