In case you don't have compositing at all, Cairo-Dock can run with fake transparency; however, including a third-party application just to handle a fallback seems a bit heavy, especially since the gnome-panel is already included in Ubuntu/Gnome.
2010/12/13 Roth Robert <evf...@gmail.com> > Metacity does have compositing, and I've read that Docky works with > metacity compositing. That could do it, if we need a dock-like interface > imitating Unity, but I also think that the classic two gnome-panels is a > really good fallback, for legacy users and users who don't like nor the > Gnome Shell neither Unity. There still are some of these... > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Alin-Andrei <nilarimog...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 19:18, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < >> frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> oooopss >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 17:45, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < >>> frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Mark, >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 17:35, Mark Curtis <merkin...@hotmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Unity requires 3d compositing. For those without adequate hardware, >>>>> it falls back to the GNOME Panels. While I understand for this cycle >>>>> effort >>>>> should be put into getting Unity functioning, I think for the future a >>>>> better fallback should be created. For one the GNOME Panels won't be >>>>> supported forever so it's not a viable alternative in the long run. Two, >>>>> the UI change from Unity/Panels is drastic. Look at Windows 7, if the >>>>> user >>>>> can't enable the compositing, the UI is still similar, it doesn't reset to >>>>> an XP style of UI. >>>>> >>>> >>>> i agree. >>>> It used to be X or CLI. Now we're a bit better than that i guess. >>>> Docky is an excellent alternative, if only it could use Compiz' Scale >>>> plugin when you click an app icon for the second time.. >>>> That would make it consistent with the Unity Launcher, and overall more >>>> comfortable. >>>> Minimizing can still be done via Window Decoration, or via right-click >>>> context menu. >>>> >>>> The default for Workspaces should also be 2 rows and 2 columns, that way >>>> we'd have the same Wall. >>>> >>>> These are small fixes, i think, which would make the two desktops more >>>> alike.. >>>> >>> >>> all of that would require compositing.. so i was OT all along.. sorry! >>> >> >> >> Actually I believe Cairo Dock doesn't necessarily needs compositing. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ayatana<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> >> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ayatana<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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