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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Project looking glass
From:       Allan Fields <kde () afields ! ca>
Date:       2004-07-02 19:12:19
Message-ID: 20040702191219.GA63684 () afields ! ca
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On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 10:10:18AM -0500, Paul Pacheco wrote:
> [...]
> If kde had something like this, it would just kick the sh*t out of Mac OS X 
> and longhorn. [..] Is there anyone planning on doing a 3d window
> manager that would replace kwin?
                     ^^^^^^^
		    s/replace/offer an alternative in place of/ ?
pen Source world there is no need to "replace" a project.

Eye candy does not always make for greater usability.  This is the
last thing on my list of desired features for KDE.  Kwin is just
fine graphically, needs some minor _functional_ enhancements.

One reason I liked E16 was it started adding advanced features
that are very useful.

To be truthful, I find eye-candy mostly annoying.  Rarely it can be
helpful, but mostly is just distracting.  I don't like zooming icons
or fading menus for instance.  Don't care for blinking cursors.
Transparency is slightly useful but I end up taking time turning
off a great deal of these features.

> Of course kwin should still be kept for people that do not have a 3d 
> accelerated graphics card, but for those who do have it, It would just wow 
> everybody on the store and I can imagine it putting kde in many user's 
> desktops.

I don't mean to be a party-pooper, but I'm not wowed by all this.
If I try to keep an open mind: sure do make it pretty, but what
about the more functional aspects, I think they deserve more of a
mention.

Believe it or not: KDE doesn't appeal to me because it offers a new
theme or icon set, or looks really pretty, it's because it has real
functionality that I find useful.

-- 
 Allan Fields
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