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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: jargon is bad! :)
From:       Lucas Murray <lmurray () undefinedfire ! com>
Date:       2010-03-18 2:55:06
Message-ID: 20100318025505.GA4917 () riza
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:00:17PM +0100, Fredrik Höglund wrote:
> I don't think "visual effects" are appropriate either, because it's a broad
> term that can conceptually encompass the animations you see in widget
> styles etc. Compiz doesn't have that problem since it's only a window
> manager.
> 
> I do agree though that "desktop effects" isn't perfect, but I don't have
> a better suggestion at the moment.

Maybe they should be called "compositing effects". =P

I think it's a choice between technical jargon and ambiguous marketing
speak. The only other way is to actually split up the compositing settings
but that causes other problems.

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