OSNews > Thread > "e17 is nice, BUT:" by deb2006

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Dec 2006 19:02 UTC

The Enlightenment team has released version e16-0.16.8.5 of its window manager for the X windowing system. "Add Xft font support; add _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST support; enable setting focused/non-focused opacity independently (Grant Weir); enable window matches on override-redirect windows (for compositing options); by default set opaque and fading off on xscreensaver window; various minor bug fixes and enhancements."

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e17 is nice, BUT:

by deb2006 on Mon 18th Dec 2006 21:10 UTC

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2006-06-26

The development takes much, much, much too long. GNOME, e.g., has progressed rapidly whereas e17's steps are less than tiny. And that is a problem, since developers move away from such a project. The same is true for GNUstep and a couple of other smallish projects. Sad but true.

BTW: beryl is much overrated. Once people have discovered that there is not much use in wobbly windows it'll get normal once again.

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RE: e17 is nice, BUT:

by Sphinx on Mon 18th Dec 2006 23:37 in reply to "e17 is nice, BUT:"

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2005-07-09

Once people see that plain steel wheels with plastic hubcaps do just as well the entire cast alloy custom mag wheel industry will quickly fade away.

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RE: e17 is nice, BUT:

by stestagg on Tue 19th Dec 2006 00:14 in reply to "e17 is nice, BUT:"

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2006-06-03

I agree that at the moment, it is too over the top, but what should happen is that the effects will be cut back (*not* 'get normal again') untill they provide subtle visual clues to aid the user experience, kinda like Vista, but done right (and customisable ).

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