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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Idea for KDE 4 - global, smooth zoom feature.
From:       Joseph Garvin <k04jg02 () kzoo ! edu>
Date:       2005-05-24 2:38:31
Message-ID: 429293A7.8070904 () kzoo ! edu
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Aaron J. Seigo wrote:

>On Monday 23 May 2005 07:40, Joseph Garvin wrote:
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>>I think the purpose of the RandR extension
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>composite, not RandR =) and yes, these sorts of things are what it hopes to 
>help make possible.
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Doh! (again, the need for sleep is demonstrated) Zoom made me think
resize made me think RandR. But offscreen buffers would be more useful
for this ;)

>my concern with zooming interfaces is that our information is not that simple 
>and so may not map cleanly to such a system, and that we'd end up with a 
>complex combination of "zoomable infinite 2D area" and "windows with 
>relationships" (the current mechanism, simplified greatly =)
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That's why I think it might be better to make some 'toy' things, like a
Konqeueror view, first. See how it handles in a real situation.
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