On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 00:54 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > Windows doesn't, it has its own fallback mode (it's actually even more > complicated than that, the Windows 7 shell has several levels of > complexity and it picks one based on how good it reckons your video > hardware is).
The point being, Windows looks mostly like Windows. Gnome 3 with gnome-shell looks and behaves _nothing_ like fallback mode. > Apple owns the ecosystem, which makes it easier, as > always. If I remember correctly, they were doing compositing with eMac (used to own one) and similar machines, with no hardware acceleration whatsoever. > The options here are 'completely screw over anyone who can't run > Shell', 'severely limit the Shell', or 'wait years for absolutely > every non-Shell-capable-case to be rendered Shell-capable', none of > which seems attractive. Another option may be: - design basic behaviour that is consistent - accelerate using 3D where possible This is exactly what Compiz v. Metacity is today. -- Bojan _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
