Sergio Enrique Schvezov wrote: > Wrong thread? > > James Cornell wrote: >> Mario Goebbels wrote: >> >>>> Yes, compiz will be available. >>>> >>> Bears the question for some sensible default settings. I think >>> regarding direct effects, shadows and window fading, otherwise >>> nothing, in my opinion. >>> >>> -mg >>> >>> >>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > Oh. Whoops didn't see "Compiz" but yeah. I agree with Compiz too, I've seen some really silly defaults on Linux distros.
James
