Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Feb 2007 16:27 UTC, submitted by luna6
"Beryl 0.2.0 will be released shortly and I spent time the last week testing out Beryl 0.2.0 RC2 on Kubuntu's Edgy Eft. The improvements found in 0.2.0 are simply amazing. Improvements in usability features, improvements in the pure 3D eye candy, and even the Beryl Settings Manager has been improved (the layout has become much more logically laid out). As you read through this preview of Beryl 0.2.0 and see some of the screenshots, I think you will get a firm grasp on how impressive Beryl can be. Basically, Beryl makes OS X and Vista look old and antiquated."
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2005-10-27
The improvements found in 0.2.0 are simply amazing. Improvements in usability features,
Where are those? Most of the fancy task switching stuff was already in older beryl versions I tried. Is a rearranged settings manager all what the author calls amazing usability improvements?
Don't get me wrong, beryl and compiz are nice, but there are many little annoyances in it.
- Can I use workspaces instead of viewports now? All apps in my saved session open on the first "workspace" when you use viewports. I hate that.
- When I switch to another viewport the application on it doesn't get focus. :/
- The windowmanager hardly responds when the CPU is under a high load.
This and other dents made me drop the last beryl version I tried.