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!
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