Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:30:53 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: Sean Welch <welchsm@earthlink.net> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Metacity with Expocity Message-ID: <14958369.1069824653233.JavaMail.root@bigbird.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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Yes, indeed -- I use it often and find that the slowness is all
restricted to startup and transitions between virtual desktops.
I wouldn't mind so much the slowness of the expocity mod
if it was similarly restricted, but even moving a window around
the screen is slow to start!
By the way, thanks for that port! I like using it with no zoom
so that the desktop rotates on faces of a cube.
Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Nov 25, 2003 10:33 PM
To: Sean Welch <Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org>
Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Metacity with Expocity
>> (11.25.2003 @ 2108 PST): Sean Welch said, in 2.4K: <<
> Thanks! It does work as advertised -- and now I can see
> what the people on slashdot meant by "S-L-O-W"
>
> I'd like to see this cleaned up and the speed increased.
> This is a *cool* effect.
>
> For others who would like to try this, it slows down all
> window manager functions to an unbearable crawl -- that
> means moving windows, switching virtual desktops, and
> creation of new windows. The feature also shifts windows
> slightly from their original positions after the expose like
> effect (I'd like to try this on Panther to see what it looks
> liek full speed).
>> end of "Re: Metacity with Expocity" from Sean Welch <<
FWIW, I made a port of 3ddesktop... it's in the ports tree somewhere.
It's unbelievably silly but super cool. Not really the same thing, but
it also slows things down a lot.
# Adam
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