Compiz

[Paul Rumelhart]

--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.com> wrote:
From: Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.com>
Subject: Compiz
To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 9:04 AM

Today I had a look at a few videos on the internet about compiz and 
kubuntu. Well, I agree that there is some very clever programming 
evident and it all looks quite pretty, but apart from all that, is there 
really any advantage to it? Or is it just an example of what the 
Americans call 'eye candy'?

I use Hardy Heron so I suspect it would be a bit tricky to install it 
and get it running properly anyway. At the moment I can't see the point 
of bothering. Would it be better to wait for the new version of Kubuntu 
due out in April if I did decide to try it out?

Just wondering

Neil Winchurst

There are some useful features.  I like having eight sides to my "cube", and being able to zoom out, rotate them around, and easily find the desktop I'm looking for.  You can set it up so that you can hold down the alt key, put the cursor over a window, and move the mouse wheel to make the window more or less transparent so that you can see what's behind it.  You can also set it up so that when you put the mouse over a window icon on your taskbar and see what that window is showing in a little popup in realtime.  It's also nice because a window that is not responding goes a little dark, so that you can visually tell when it is responding again.  I've also got mine setup so I can see through my background and can watch windows on other desktops.  This is handy for knowing when the stupid VM you've told to shutdown finally closes.

Other than that, it's just eye candy.  However, I like the eye candy.  I like the wobbly windows when moving them around, I like the open, close, minimize, and maximize animations I use.  I like emerald, and I like watching the cube turn when I move the mouse wheel over the background.  It doesn't seem to slow anything down - movies I play appear to be just as fast.  So why not enjoy it?

Paul

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