On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to voice my user opinion on the matter. > > I use mist, even though it is fugly compared to Clearlooks, because it is > BLAZINGLY fast. The two are not even in the same "fruit family" comparing > them, especially if you are running at 1920x1200 and dealing with webpages. > For example, have, say, 30-50 tabs open in epiphany-gecko (or Firefox, for > that matter, but Ephy is faster for switching tabs already, since you can > use the mouse wheel scroll). With mist, tab switches are instantaneous, with > Clearlooks, it can take a second or so. > > Same goes for painting windows (ex: switching workspaces with metacity). > > Or scrolling webpages (especially gmail). > > Mist makes a lot of sense on those > not-quadcore-with-a-512mb-intel-video-card scenarios, perhaps the other > gnome themes have their special usefulness in that regard too. > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > >
I think the point of their argument is that you can install that from apt if you need it, but it shouldn't be installed by default for aesthetics and size reasons. -- Brett Alton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you really need to print this email? Help preserve our environment! -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop