From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 25 21:30:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B0516A4CE; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:30:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 495CD43F93; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:30:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from welchsm@earthlink.net) Received: from bigbird.psp.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.78.244]) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AOsGL-0001vr-00; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:30:53 -0800 Message-ID: <14958369.1069824653233.JavaMail.root@bigbird.psp.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:30:53 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: Sean Welch To: Adam Weinberger Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Earthlink Zoo Mail 1.0 cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Metacity with Expocity X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean Welch List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:30:55 -0000 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 Sent: Nov 25, 2003 10:33 PM To: Sean Welch Cc: Jeremy Messenger , 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 -- Adam Weinberger vectors.cx >> adam@vectors.cx >> http://www.vectors.cx magnesium.net << adamw@magnesium.net << http://www.magnesium.net/~adamw FreeBSD >> adamw@FreeBSD.org >> http://people.freebsd.org/~adamw #vim:set ts=8: 8-char tabs prevent tooth decay.