__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 16 February 2007 01:38 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:14:23 +0000
> <1249986.8yMRNm4LsL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Show Me that Updated Gnome Main Menu
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | I'm pleased to share that the desktop design team at Novell is
>> | working on further improvements to the original Main Menu.
>
> FSVO. This isn't exactly the sort of "innovation" that's good
> for Gnome, IMO. (To be sure, there's a good chance it will
> in fact work. :-) )
>
> Also, the buttons should be tabs, not buttons.
These are tabs in Novell's KDE menu, IIRC. Converge? Lack of communication
between the teams? Or changing things one little step at a time?
>> | The
>> | video below comes from the upcoming SLED10 Service Pack 1 as it
>> | looks in the current internal beta 3. (The unreleased status means
>> | that this is not necessarily the final product, and things may
>> | change from what you see today.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/show-me-that-updated-gnome-main-menu/
>> http://tinyurl.com/3259h4
>>
>> Blur using SVG filters
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | It appears that SVG filters will become increasingly popular in the
>> | near future due to Inkscape, as they solve real design issues and
>> | help keep the filesizes manageable. It is probably not a trivial
>> | feature to implement, but hopefully future versions of QSVGRenderer
>> | will include support for this technology. Maybe in time for a KDE
>> | 4.1?
>> `----
>>
>> http://maupiacentini.blogspot.com/2007/02/blur-using-svg-filters.html
>>
>> Pictures on page.
>
> Subtle, that. It's a welcome addition but I do wonder how many will
> notice.
The D^HVEL~1, of course!
>> Related:
>>
>> The Road to KDE 4: SVG Rendering in Applications
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Since KDE 4 development is in full swing with plans for a KDE 4.0
>> | release sometime later this year, I thought I'd put together a
>> | weekly piece entitled The Road to KDE 4. The idea is to have a
>> | short overview of one or two of the features that show progress
>> | in KDE 4. For my first issue, the goal is to show off some of
>> | the great SVG work that has taken place so far.
>> `----
>>
>> http://dot.kde.org/1167723426/
>
> That Run command looks -- weird. To be sure, that might be because of
> the theme they're using.
Yeah, I was a little disappointed myself becasue Aaron Seigo made a big deal
(hill) of of this mole. Sure, it has alpha channel, but who needs that
really? I long ago disabled shadows and translucency. They only lead to a
slowdown and decrease productivity.
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