[leglug-users] Looks! (was: Almost meeting time)

[Alaa Salman]

Thanks for the small review.
I actually started out with kde about 6 years ago and switched to Gnome
about 2 years ago after miguel told me about all the work that went into it
in terms of accessibility, usability and who did it and why and so on...

So what i am looking for in compiz are things to make the work environment
better(more fun possibly) and slightly more natural...such as the wobbly
windows, which actually aren't wobbly at all, they just feel like actual
dragging. Once you've had them, you can't go back, its like heroin.

You're the second person i know off who uses E on a daily basis. I should
take another look at that. Last time i did that(2 years ago), E17 was still
in its infancy.

By the way, i was actually asking for GTK2 themes, or even metacity themes,
not windows themes.

Regards,
Alaa Salman





On 5/2/07, Abdallah <abdallah.deeb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not to speak-ill of the Vista look and feel, I should honestly say
> it's a step forward in usability from Windows XP, which in my opinion
> is very usable. The new features presented in the Aero GUI go beyond
> the translucency and window animations, I think. It's a matter of how
> friendly and how usable a GUI really is, how fast do you find things
> and how fast do you perform certain tasks (after you get used to the
> GUI). In these aspects, Aero is at least 30% faster than XP in my own
> humble experience.
>
> Oh, and I can't offer advice on themes either, I don't like to mess
> with Windows themes. for some reason modified themes seem to slow it
> down! so I don't touch the stuff...
>
> Now how can one compare this to, let's say Gnome? One should be
> proficient in Gnome to say, and I'm not! Since the compiz I tested was
> Gnome centric, all I could do was play around with the different
> plugins (wobbly windows, transparency, the cube, etc...) They're "mind
> boggling". But would I use them on a daily basis? I would use the
> cube, that's cool. But the rest is just eye candy (not usability).
>
> I use Enlightenment on my linux boxes (laptop, desktop). It's fast,
> it's quick, it's lean and mean, with plenty of eye candy to impress
> the person looking over your shoulder. It's not perfect, but it's easy
> to learn/teach and fix remotely (like when I call mom on the phone and
> ask her to get me something info from the home PC).
>
> you can watch some really nice videos on what dev. versions of compiz
> can do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRfM (beryl!)
>
> I did try these... but like I said, I don't use Gnome that often.
>
> On 5/2/07, Alaa Salman <alaasalman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I wanted to make this into a separate thread too...you beat me to it.
> >
> > I am not speaking from experience here, i have not tried Vista myself, i
> > only saw it on demo computers at some Malls(not here).
> >
> > However, i wanted to ask for a theme recommendation(i find the regular
> ones
> > too gray), i have tried several, and they all have problems. I am
> interested
> > in a dark theme.
> >
> > So Abdallah, please do compare Aero with Compiz....currently, i am using
> a
> > few features from compiz, that of the wobbly windows and the menu
> > animations(i am not sure what these are called).....so what else should
> i
> > use?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alaa Salman
> >
> >
> > On 5/2/07, Abdallah <abdallah.deeb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 5/1/07, Chady Kassouf <chady.kassouf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What are you saying?
> > > > I do care about looks, and that's why I'm NOT using vista ;)
> > > My feelings exactly!
> > >
> > > Do compare Vista Aero (!) to the Compiz (beryl) ... no competition
> there!
> > >
> > > > btw, I'm in too of course.
> > > oh, and I could be there if the movers set the new kitchen quickly
> > > enough. *fingers crossed*
> > >
> > > --
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