In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Dr. GroundAxe
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wrote
on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:21:42 GMT
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> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Dr. GroundAxe
>> <groundaxe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:50:44 GMT
>> <82Sxh.226430$QY6.160505@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Vista Aero: Linux Is Eating Your Lunch
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Take a look at this screengrab from an AMD machine running Linux.
>>>> | What are we seeing? Wobbly, transparent windows, hot UI effects, an
>>>> | amazing 3D task switcher, and enough eye-candy to make Vista Ultimatel
>>>> | ook like Midnight Commander.
>>>> |
>>>> | I'm not saying we all go out and pick up a copy of Ubuntu, but maybe
>>>> | that's actually what I'm saying.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/31/vista-aero-linux-is-eating-your-lunch/
>>
>> Lots of eye candy there, to be sure. (Some of it might not be safe for
>> little children and Wintrolls. :-) )
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> None of it is useful though. The effects in Vista are what came out of
>>> lots of usability studies. Anyone could write plugins to make the Vista
>>> compositing engine do all the stuff Beryl can, but these are not things
>>> Microsoft would want to include by default.
>>
>> Well, there you have it. "Vista. Because it just needs
>> to look useful."
>>
>> And of course since Microsoft sponsored Vista Aero, it is
>> an unbiased evaluation of what people really need.
>>
>> Yeah.
>>
>> Pull the other one.
>>
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>
> If Microsoft had included wobbly windows in Vista you would all be
> saying how pointless it is.
*I* say it's pointless in Linux. My main need is a
multiworkspace desktop, and I already have that. :-)
(And of course Aero will implement that as well, though
I'm not sure it will be nearly as nice.)
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