From kde-usability  Fri Jul 02 15:54:14 2004
From: Leo Savernik <l.savernik () aon ! at>
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:54:14 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: Project looking glass
Message-Id: <200407021754.16374.l.savernik () aon ! at>
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Am Freitag 02 Juli 2004 17:10 schrieb Paul Pacheco:
> [...] the 3d does not get in the way, [...]

Does it mean it needs hardware accelerated OpenGL?
>
> * It is clear when you switch virtual desktops that it is another desktop
> because of the smooth animation.
>
> * You can zoom out (smooth animation here), see all the virtual desktops
> and zoom in in another desktop. What is more intuitive than that?

The problem with animations are that they are very nice on the first use, but 
usually get annoying when you have become accustomed to the environment, and 
simply want actions to happen fast.

>
[...]
> Of course kwin should still be kept for people that do not have a 3d
> accelerated graphics card, [...]

So the 3d and conventional desktops are not mutually exclusive? This is good.

I propose that KDE takes advantage of those features that make sense (and have 
decent XServer support) but with keeping compatibility in mind.

mfg
	Leo
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