Hi,

Il Monday 24 November 2008 23:52:48 Aaron J. Seigo ha scritto:
> Yes, my opinion is that this is so wrong in so many ways.
>
> If we copy the desktop background it will:
>
> * end up looking stupid because with compositing it will be "wallaper over
> windows over wallpaper"

we could disable it, if composite is enabled.

> * be routing around the technology that is actually there for this exact
> purpose: compositing

well, if compositing isn't available for any reason things should look "ok".

> > (Kicker used a similiar workaround for a lot of time).
>
> in which case, you can have kicker back. work on it for a year or so then
> get back to me on it ;)

I will never work on it (everyone knows that plasma is the future) :P

> there are so many other  hacks kicker did that result in a poor user
> experience that we avoid even though it means without compositing you lose
> some features. 

I'm not saying that we shouldn't use composite, I'm just saying that we need 
something nice just in case we can't use composite.

Bye,
Davide Bettio.
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