[Panel-devel] Xgl, AiGLX, EXA, Compiz, Luminocity, QT4...

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday 20 March 2006 15:26, Yves Glodt wrote:
> On Monday 20 March 2006 23:01, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Monday 20 March 2006 13:38, Yves Glodt wrote:
> > > But in the same time I believe the only reason (apart being let by
> > > primates) for many distros to switch to gnome as the default
> > > desktop is that it feels more solid and as you say ROCK-bloc.
> >
> > huzzah! another bullshit theory about why some distros pick gnome as
> > their default. just when i thought i'd heard them all.
>
> I'd be interested in your theory..

in a nutshell:

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-usability&m=114211281209891&w=2 

> Flicker is deadly, unfortunately, but face it, it might be the only
> thing that managers and users notice in the first moment, in
> comparision to their known environment!

we (the open source desktop) certainly do deal with first impression problems 
and we're actually not the hardest hit by this in the corporate market. (i 
say that based on actual feedback from actual companies doing actual pilots 
=)

the problems are deeper than minor flickers you notice after using it for a 
few minutes or windows that are square. this is why i'm working on plasma, 
btw.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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