[CoLoCo] The Gibbon vs. the Leopard

[Chomafin]

Um..
Currently i'm using AWN from a repo that builds off the BZR (Listed
here<http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=DistributionGuides#Reacocard.27s_Ubuntu_Gutsy_Repository>on
awn's wiki).. So its more updated than the official repos.  I really
like
it.  Its nice and clean looking, the plug ins that i use work pretty good.
I have issues wth a few of them, clock/calendar does not seem to work.  its
gotten a lot better with the whole bar in front of the icons thing it used
to do.  It'll happen from time to time still, it seems to be only when it is
first loaded.  A simple click on any icon fixes it.  I don't think it has
happened since the recent update though. AWN has a lot of the effects that
Kibba does i think, as far as twirling icons, bouncing (not all over the
screen, but like bouncy ball).

On Dec 14, 2007 7:33 AM, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:

>
> On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 18:42 -0700, Chomafin wrote:
> > Kiba seems to be 3d rendered.  I've got SVN installed; the system does
> > have a physics engine that can be configured and such (would that mean
> > its 3d?).  And think Compiz is one of the dependencies.  There are
> > many docks, but for me Avant-Windows-Navigator (AWN) Seems to be the
> > best between form/function.  Its pretty, but not too flashy IMO.  Kiba
> > seems to add flash for the sake of flash.  It does have a wide set of
> > configurable options, awn on the other hand is fairly limited.
>
> Yeah... first thing I did was turn that f)(*&@#*& physics engine off.  I
> don't need my icons scrambling around.  They bounce up and down, and
> grow just like on a Mac, and they have the little indicator under the
> icons of programs that are running (making it both a launcher and tray
> in one) just like the Mac.
>
> I asked once before, and don't remember the answer, or if I even got
> one.  AWN when I last used it was trying to use goofy 2D tricks to fake
> transparency.  It did a terrible job because I had icons that would
> disappear under the faked background.  I started using Kiba because it
> had real alpha blending (thus its need for compiz).  Did AWN ever get
> that fixed?
>
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