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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Defaults: Different backgrounds per virtual desktop?
From:       Art Carney <greencarrots () nospammail ! net>
Date:       2004-05-21 4:14:21
Message-ID: 200405210014.21563.greencarrots () nospammail ! net
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On May 10, 2004 1:21 pm, Jamethiel Knorth wrote:
> >From: Christoph Niemann <cnieman@suse.de>
> >Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 11:41:30 +0200
> >
> >Sean O'Dubhghaill wrote:
> >>On Sunday 09 May 2004 9:28 pm, Jamethiel Knorth wrote:
> >>>>From: William Leese <william@leese.nl>
> >>>>Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 15:14:54 +0200
> >>
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>>>These simple backgrounds could be used:
> >>>>http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=7997
> >>>
> >>>There are three backgrounds there. What is to be used for the fourth
> >>>desktop?
> >>
> >>it might be a good idea to use a more recent version of those wallpaper
> >>where there are more colours to choose from. See:
> >>http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=10365
> >
> >We could also use the "Hue shift" function for the different desktops and
> >set it to a different value for each of them. That way, the user would be
> >free to choose whatever wallpaper he likes and still get the effect of
> > four different backgrounds.
>
> Except, that would look downright hideous with some backgrounds. Yes, it
> would work for any non-objective background (as with those examples) but
> anyone who puts a picture of a person on their desktop is going to be
> sorely angered when their favorite model suddenly turns purple.
>


This is also a bad idea from a performance standpoint. Try running KDE on 
anything less than a P4 and you'll see why only one wallpaper for all 
desktops is the default. Multiple papers is a waste of resources.

The other thing is that very very few distros stick to the background settings 
that KDE specifies. There's no sense in making something the default which 
most users will never see at all.
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