On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:16:38 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> said:
he's complaining about lack of features in e17 vs e16... and the comp dialog hasnt split advanced vs basic - its all advanced. all options there. > I'll jump into this thread now, but cut out all the verbiage, just want > to make a simple point. Wanderer is correct about how hard the > composite settings are to use. I've been an e17 and EFL developer for > many years, and I have no clue what almost all of the stuff in that > settings dialog does. Shadows and maybe smooth scaling is about all the > average user will make sense of, the rest is entirely meaningless, even > to experienced developers like me. > > It's easy for raster to say "just try them", but there's six panes with > 22 controls, not counting the first panes sub pane. That sub pane has > five panes itself, each with a list, and all but one with five > buttons. I wont go into all the panes with controls when you hit one > of the edit/add buttons. That's one scary big lot of options (tens of > millions of combinations, not counting sliders, the sub pane, and the > edit options), 99% of which are completely meaningless to your average > user. 98% are completely meaningless to your average E17 developer. > Most people will open that up, say WTF, then close it and think it's > all too hard. Exactly what Wanderer did, and he seems to be a more > advanced user. > > No one can even tell which particular small number of things they > should "just try". Nothing about that settings dialog is easy, except > to raster. Well, OK, "Shadows" is easy, the rest is scary complicated. > > -- > A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants > coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
