Re: Metacity Compositor

[Chipzz <chipzz ULYSSIS Org>]

This is very much not a detail, but the last time I tried compiz (which
was on ubuntu dapper), it lacked *ALL* of the keybindings to maximize,
minimize, etc windows. Certainly not a "minor detail".

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, [UTF-8] Kristian Høgsberg wrote:

> On 10/3/06, Rob Adams <readams readams net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 21:18 +0100, Toby Smithe wrote:
> >
> > > I had a feeling this would be the case, and I doubted inclusion as soon
> > > as I sent off the e-mail. I don't want a Compiz clone, so I probably
> > > think that doing something new is the better approach. It's just that
> > > there is a working infrastructure there, and it's a pity to waste it.
> >
> > Compiz is really more of a technology demo than a seriously credible
> > contender as a main window manager for either the GNOME or the KDE
> > projects.  It has lots of pretty eye candy (though for me it's beyond
> > painfully slow), but it's not a particularly good window manager.  You
> > don't have to use it for very long before you notice lots of little
> > details about "being a window manager" that it gets wrong.
>
> It would be nice if you could back up these claims with examples of
> such missing details.  Or even better, file bugs so we can get them
> fixed.  There is a component for compiz in the freedesktop.org
> bugzilla:
>
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg&component=App/compiz
>
> thanks,
> Kristian

kr,

Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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