The Beryl project has won a lot of press time so far with its impressive tricks -- even more than its slower-evolving daddy, Compiz. There are several lose ends to Beryl's core engine and incompatibilities with existing applications or technologies. However, something that really put off a lot of people when they try Beryl is its dreadful settings manager.
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Member since:2005-07-02
A user study would be nice, but I doubt it'll happen. Also, one should always be careful with user studies. To get reliable results you need large sample groups and a good methodology.
The more pressing need is for more documentation. There are little "help" floating tips for every setting, but they're often cryptic. The Wiki is also severly lacking as far as plugin description goes.
Personally, I think that sane default settings goes a long way - and that's the responsibility of the distro makers, not the Beryl devs.
In any case, it's quite impressive what the Beryl and Compiz teams have accomplished in a relatively short period of time. I can't wait to see what the next year will bring!
Member since:2006-07-11
User studies HAVE happened with regards to Compiz: http://www.betterdesktop.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main
and they were sponsored by Novell.
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2005-06-28
These are the most basic settings. For the rest, as I wrote in the article, a user study must be conducted, preferably sponsored by a company like Red Hat or Novell or Canonical.