Comments on: Underground Cave Dwellers Society http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/ "Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios." Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Martin Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:53:45 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/#comment-65 Ah, cool. I knew about pgo/news but hadn't checked it in a long while (perhaps a link is missing somewhere on pgo... on the other hand, pgo itself isn't that easy to find... but I digress :). Anyway, having this blog there is good enough for me (TM). Keep the good stuff coming. :) Ah, cool. I knew about pgo/news but hadn’t checked it in a long while (perhaps a link is missing somewhere on pgo… on the other hand, pgo itself isn’t that easy to find… but I digress :).

Anyway, having this blog there is good enough for me (TM). Keep the good stuff coming. :)

]]> By: Thomas Thurman http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Thomas Thurman Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:39:33 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/#comment-64 @Martin: Great to hear that you're enjoying reading the blog! There is a project planet at http://planet.gnome.org/news/ and this blog is available on there. I don't know whether it could or would ever appear on the main planet; jdub would be the person to ask about that. I think the main planet is for humans, though. @Martin: Great to hear that you’re enjoying reading the blog! There is a project planet at http://planet.gnome.org/news/ and this blog is available on there. I don’t know whether it could or would ever appear on the main planet; jdub would be the person to ask about that. I think the main planet is for humans, though.

]]> By: Martin http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Martin Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:24:32 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/#comment-63 Any chance the metacity blog could be added to Planet GNOME? I really enjoy reading it and I guess a lot of other folks would too. An alternative to adding it directly could be to have a "Project blogs" link on pgo that points to pgo/projects... or something. Any chance the metacity blog could be added to Planet GNOME? I really enjoy reading it and I guess a lot of other folks would too. An alternative to adding it directly could be to have a “Project blogs” link on pgo that points to pgo/projects… or something.

]]> By: Rui http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Rui Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:46:18 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/#comment-57 Shadows on the panel look weird because then you have the panel shadow above the window border when windows are right underneath the top panel. Shadows on the panel look weird because then you have the panel shadow above the window border when windows are right underneath the top panel.

]]> By: iain http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/comment-page-1/#comment-56 iain Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:04:50 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/#comment-56 1: You don't get it for free, no. You only get it if your compositing manager does double buffering. Xcompmgr doesn't. Metacity does, but it appears not to have worked for some reason. 2: Probably the same as #1 3: Whats wrong with a shadow on the panel? I know about the second part, thats what I'm trying to fix, but when I go to fix it, I'd like to rewrite the way the alt-tab dialog is created as well, so it's more than I want to do at the moment... 1: You don’t get it for free, no. You only get it if your compositing manager does double buffering. Xcompmgr doesn’t. Metacity does, but it appears not to have worked for some reason.

2: Probably the same as #1

3: Whats wrong with a shadow on the panel? I know about the second part, thats what I’m trying to fix, but when I go to fix it, I’d like to rewrite the way the alt-tab dialog is created as well, so it’s more than I want to do at the moment…

]]> By: Rui http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Rui Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:09:47 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/11/24/underground-cave-dwellers-society/#comment-55 I've tried it. Using the nvidia blob, it shows the same problems I have with xcompmgr. 1. It's doesn't put all the windows on screen at the same time when changing workspaces. Some still show up before others. I thought compositing managers would get this for free. 2. There are some graphical artifacts when changing workspaces that flash briefly where the window is being drawn. 3. Shadow on the panel! And related, shadows covering windows when alt-tabbing. Other than that, its very nice work. I’ve tried it. Using the nvidia blob, it shows the same problems I have with xcompmgr.

1. It’s doesn’t put all the windows on screen at the same time when changing workspaces. Some still show up before others. I thought compositing managers would get this for free.

2. There are some graphical artifacts when changing workspaces that flash briefly where the window is being drawn.

3. Shadow on the panel! And related, shadows covering windows when alt-tabbing.

Other than that, its very nice work.

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