Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Jim Richardson on Sunday 29 July 2007 20:34 : \____
>
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:41:57 +0100,
>> Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:17:18 +0200, Sandman wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <pan.2007.07.29.15.06.39.272594@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>> Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:59:37 +0200, Sandman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > In article <Nu_qi.6256$By5.2987@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>>> > 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Windopws Pista will suck until 2009 before next updates are released.
>>>>> >> Therefore its atleast 2 years behind.
>>>>> >> If you have seen the latest Beryl and Compiz
>>>>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmz9a9pJR_s
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I find it very interesting to see Linux advocates point to (beta)
>>>>> > features that do nothing but look cool, as if that somehow would put
>>>>> > linux ahead of Windows. Because, well... "looking cool" is what it's
>>>>> > all about, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> 7 isn't a Linux advocate, he's a nutball who gives Linux advocacy a bad
>>>>> name.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, but showcasing Beryl isn't directly rare for Linux advocates in
>>>> general...
>
> The problem is that the wrong *features* are being demonstrated. See my
> previous post on this (with a video). Videos are sometimes made to impress,
> where visuals take over pragmatism. Fair enough, no?
>
>>> I don't see a lot wrong with showcasing Beryl. Just because it isn't
>>> 'useful' doesn't mean it's not worthwile. I still get a kick out of
>>> eye-candy.
>>>
>>
>> So Sandman thinks the little genie effect on minimising a window is
>> useless?
>>
>> So why does OSX do it?
>
> Oh yeah... another example of hardware-accelerated effect that mimics the idea
> of minimisation with animation (going back as far as Windows 98, if not
> further). Did you know that Beryl does not have it enabled/installed out of
> the box because Apple thinks it's Hollywood? It has a patent on genie effect.
>
Not outside the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia, it hasn't.
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