Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 15 January 2008 12:44 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Five Compiz features to boost Linux productivity
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| The cube is perhaps the most hyped feature of the 3D desktop. And,
>>>| surprisingly, I found that once you actually start using it Cube is
>>>| actually quite useful, and not just flashy. When cube is enabled you can
>>>| use the Ctrl-Alt key combination together with mouse to rotate the cube and
>>>| display all the desktops you have active. It is remarkably easy to use and
>>>| actually makes it easier to switch through desktops rapidly.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2006
>>>
>>
>> Interesting - I tend to regard most UI decoration as useless distraction
>> once out of the shop, but perhaps this is actually valuable beyond
>> the showroom.
>
> It depends which ones you are using and what you are used to. I don't have a
> GPU at home, but Compiz worked out of the box and it's incompatible with what
> I'm _used_ to. Many people face the same experience when moving from
> GNOME<->KDE<->Windows<->OS X. It's a matter of habits, orientation, mastering
> all the pertinent new features (e.g. will a Windows user make use of virtual
> desktops at all or will s/he just minimise and restore instead?).
>
Fair point. Personally, I remain a console person deep down, as I can
touch-type, so I don't really like to move my hands from the keyboard
unless I really have to. I could do with something like the old toshiba
j-mouse, which was brilliant for touch-typists, but most people (who
can't) hated it.
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