Patrick Niklaus has done a post about the effects and settings being considered for Simple-CCSM. Looks like a sensible selection of effects, especially on the lower-end.

I really like how that is laid out, and hopefully we’ll see those profiles being distributed with future versions of Linux distributions.

It looks like work on a simplified manager is already under way.

Thank goodness! Hopefully that is one of the next things to be added.

I think the problem is with the manager. For example, at the moment Ubuntu offers only basic visual effects controls (none, basic & ‘eyecandy’), unless you want to use the full CCSM panel.

What we need is something in-between: a manager that offers a smaller range of useful plugins with sensible defaults, and most of their options hidden behind ‘advance’ buttons. That would satisfy the needs of intermediate users, while also giving people an easy ‘way in’ to learning the full manager.

That would be a perfect solution, and hopefully a middle ground will be developed for users that want the eye candy but not all of the confusion.

I would agree that some of the Compiz effects are the best out of the other operating systems as well. But I’ve only found a few of them that make me more productive. Hopefully they’ll start adding more effects that will focus on productivity.

raindog

I think the problem is with the manager. For example, at the moment Ubuntu offers only basic visual effects controls (none, basic & ‘eyecandy’), unless you want to use the full CCSM panel.

What we need is something in-between: a manager that offers a smaller range of useful plugins with sensible defaults, and most of their options hidden behind ‘advance’ buttons. That would satisfy the needs of intermediate users, while also giving people an easy ‘way in’ to learning the full manager.

Something else I’d like to see is separately packaged plugins. So you could browse the Compiz Fusion site, download a plugin you liked the look of, and the open up your Intermediate Manager panel and click ‘Import Plugin’. That way people could expand on the basic range of plugins with things they liked, without being overwhelmed by choice.