![]() When I turn off wobble I notice the hops in movement that are not present (or are obfuscated) in the wobbly window. I am not particularly fond of wobbly windows but I keep it on (with reduced wobble) because it provides the illusion of smooth movement. Many do not like this feature, however it demonstrates visual feed back for moves. First off, it is by default only used for application windows, not drop downs or menus. Let’s take as an example the much maligned wobbly windows. However for the purpose of presenting what can be done with the technology as well as trying ideas it is useful to actually activate the features. And I agree that for a conventional desktop the settings should be made more conventional. The default config for Beryl comes under much criticism. Further when criticizing it is more useful to suggest a way in which the application can be improved rather than just saying “this is awful.” And finally, when criticizing any app it might help to make sure the statements are accurate and pertinent to the current mainstream release. There is a difference between criticism and accusations of incompetence. Many devs, especially among those working for free, don’t do many usability studies, so usability criticism is precisely what they need. Why do people think that it’s wrong to say that some aspect of something free (gratis) is bad? That the devs aren’t monetarily compensated doesn’t make the software better in itself, and it certainly doesn’t raise them above criticism. They may not be getting the results that some want, and there may be better ways to do it, but I do not feel they deserve to be labeled incompetent. I do not disagree with your statement, however to call the Beryl Developers incompetent is what I have issues with. Also, people who are incompetent but don’t know it should be told the truth so that they know to strive for competence. I’m not sure what exactly you mean by “have no business”, but obviously it’s almost always a lot easier to spot incompetence than to be competent. That must be one of the most stupid things I’ve read this month. “some effects”, and “maxo zoom dweebie”) might not be a bad idea but the argument you are giving above is fallacious. A more sedate set of defaults (or a set of configs “conservative”. ![]() Wheel is human controlled, and at a guess you do not use Beryl or Compiz. guess what? Don’t hit the keys so fast.Īs I pointed out wobbly is not the default for combo boxes and is easy to completely disable. do you think regular users are incompetent? Besides, the wheel switcher moves exactly as quick as you do alt tab or whatever you have it set to. There we are with that regular user thing. No regular user could tell what was happening there. (Further I do not think the wall in that demo is at the default settings, but I am not sure.) So we are better than the masses that use Linux? What masses? Any user who gets that far will be competent and it hardly takes a special skill to recognize windows. The windows are too small to be able to determine which is which by an average user. ![]() You and I may be able to see the spaces between pixels sometimes but other users cannot. If by some case of temporary collective insanity wobbly windows did get set for comboboxes (or menus or…) turning it off is a checkbox away. Combo boxes, menus, and notification windows (among others) have never been wobbly by default. You open a combo box and you can’t focus on the list item you want until it’s stopped wobbling around like a jelly. *edit: user above has pointed out that the wall can be done in 2×2, which is great, but hopefully the default I understand it’s all customizable to the n’th – but if the defaults are like this then what’s the point. Even the Zoom feature wobbles and shoots about too fast. No regular user could tell what was happening there.īeryl is nice, but anything but increased usability. The desktops should be stakced in a 2×2 arrangement and not 4 in a line. This lowers usability massively, think how bad it would be for someone with reduced visibility or simply without the lightning quick reactions of a linux programmer. The problem I’ve found with Beryl from these videos and from getting a chance to use it for a moment is that it’s clearly designed by 20 year olds, for 20 year olds.
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