Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Mar 2007 15:25 UTC, submitted by Shadowline
"Beryl 0.2.0 is a complete overhaul of Beryl. The last stable release (0.1) featured a very fun, and eye-candy based compositing window manager. However, since it's release, many parts of Beryl have been rewritten, replaced, or simply dropped. It's filled with eye-candy, better user support, new features, and stability."
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"""WOW, I just don't know what to say."""
Well, I often have that effect on people. I've got you beat. Best to just admit it. ;-)
Seriously, though, my previous post did discount the marketing worth of composited desktops.
You make a good point that the bling has some intrinsic value in and of itself.
But I do think that marketing trends are transitory.
In the end, I still expect a more toned down desktop with those compositing features retained which are actually useful.
Can you agree with that? Or do we still disagree? :-)
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I saw half billion doller launch recently based around eye-candy,
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If it were really a usability revolution it wouldn't take a half billion dollars to convince people, would it?
And the response to that product with the half billion dollar launch has been notably lack-luster.
I'm not sure I'd be using it as an example if I were arguing your side of the debate.