Comments on: Compiz Fusion Adds Cylinder Effect

By: Compiz fusion non para de sorprendernos! - Galego

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By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:26:37 +0000

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.

By: Oropher

Oropher — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:18:55 +0000

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.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:33:27 +0000

Oropher wrote:

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.

By: Oropher

Oropher — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:49:06 +0000

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

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:47:03 +0000

Oropher wrote:

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.

Michael Dobrofsky wrote:

the Compiz effects are probably the best-looking effects on any of the OSes. But all this spinning cube and cylinder crap is just laughable.

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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:20:31 +0000

But then most bundled Linux apps are full-featured which some may call bloated. Konqueror for instance is so so bloated.

By: Michael Dobrofsky

Michael Dobrofsky — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:42:37 +0000

It’s getting to become a joke. A total wankfest. Having a set of default effects on an OS is a great thing, in my opinion, and the Compiz effects are probably the best-looking effects on any of the OSes. But all this spinning cube and cylinder crap is just laughable. I mean, c’mon: who really thinks the spinning cube thing is useful in the daily grind of getting work done? It makes Compiz look like Price Fisher.

By: raindog

raindog — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:06:40 +0000

Personally, I have no problem with having numerous option in Compiz Fusion, but I do think the control panel needs to be redesigned allowing for a basic default setup and an advanced group of options separately, similar to what Oropher previously stated.

raindog

By: Oropher

Oropher — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:03:34 +0000

I don’t have problem with lots of plugins and lots of options. It’s important to keep pushing the boundaries of visual effects, then merging them into the main release as they become stable.

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.