Mario Goebbels wrote:
>> Yes, compiz will be available.
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> Bears the question for some sensible default settings. I think regarding 
> direct effects, shadows and window fading, otherwise nothing, in my opinion.
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It's really not the effects, specifically shading and fading are not 
what I'm concerned about.  Yes, it's a matter of sensible defaults, 
although they have made it easy to change the settings.  Here's an 
example, I don't use formatting (B/I/U/Font/Color) and I disable emotes, 
but the toolbar which is part of every chat window is still there, you 
have to manually per session per chat window click options and uncheck 
show formatting toolbars.  If I don't want formatting, and I disabled it 
in options, the toolbar (Which is next to useless when it's disabled) 
shouldn't show up.  The other issue is skinning, I don't think the 
default GTK+ theme they follow fits well enough with most host 
environments.  (Changing the GTK+ theme also doesn't fit the issue, 
since I think Nimbus is one of the better ones and actually like it)  
The way chat windows are layed out just isn't flexible enough, or 
sensibly good by default.  I do have some bias from seeing how well the 
Adium team on OSX has presented their client..  (It just doesn't sit 
right that a client using the same backend lacks certain functionality)  
Indeed this is specific to the framework they use, Cocoa which has 
prebinding and other neat attributes, but GTK+ is more than capable just 
look at GNOME in general)

James

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