On 6 December 2011 00:48, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > And it's not just the change in direction, it's the huge increase in > computing power that's a big problem. Some years ago, Compiz came out, > with fancy flashy effects for your desktop (pretty, but unessential). > That required a 3D accelerated card, which wasn't appreciated very much. > Those of us with the hardware had a play, but would notice that Compiz, > by itself, was using almost all the available resources. The computer > was getting sluggish, the card was getting very hot. Never mind wanting > to do other things with your computer, than merely run the desktop. Actually I found Compiz introduced some useful things, overlaying transparent windows and drag and drop (of windows and items) between workspaces was actually useful. There were some good accessibility features (the desktop zoom). Though my favourite thing about Compiz was the time (four years ago) when a Mac-using friend saw me using it and said "I don't know what it is, but that's what heaven must look like". My complaint about Gnome3 is mainly that it restricts that kind of extended use rather than enabling it. But the number of times this discussion has gone around is just unproductive. At the end of the day? I spend most of my time working on multiple terminal windows and text editors, doing some music and photo organisation and have several browser windows open. I have no idea what a power user is. The only thing that's permanently irritating is the alt-tab / alt-` split (and some details of the alt-` behaviour). -- imalone -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
