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I actually kind of want to use GNOME just for this now. Call me crazy but little novelties like this are part of what make computers fun.
That's really it-- it's a waste of resources, but it's such a tiny amount that all these effects are almost free. There's no point in not having a little fluff that makes the experience a bit more fun.
Pretty, but just more cycle-stealing inefficiency. Using something like this boils down to whether you don't mind wasting cycles and RAM on pretty effects or you just want the best performance consistently. For most of us, that depends on whether we have had the experience of struggling to maintain good GUI performance or not. The younger users will have no hassle with using something like this, they've always had pl…
I actually kind of want to use GNOME just for this now. Call me crazy but little novelties like this are part of what make computers fun.
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The physicality that Compiz and wobbly windows brought to the desktop was a huge boon to my productivity. Everything was low latency, high framerate, and just felt real . I could rotate my virtual desktops around and they felt like actual spatial locations for organization. I could drag windows and they felt like quasi-tangible objects, not just abstract rigid platonic rectangles. It was far more than just a gimmick,…
Yes, it's a strange effect. I initially dismissed wobbly windows and the desktop cube as very gimmicky bling, but it really did make a huge difference to the feeling of the desktop.
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I instinctively expected to hear the notes of "Here Comes the Hotstepper" when I clicked on that video. I was expecting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ ; which was somewhat popular to send around to show comparisons of how Compiz was so far ahead it could not just replicate Vista's interface, but could also better it in some aspects like the famous 3D cube. Thanks to you and others for working on it! Look…
Shocking to see what passed as acceptable video quality back in 2007.
$ yt-dlp -F 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ'
[youtube] xC5uEe5OzNQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] xC5uEe5OzNQ: Downloading android player API JSON
[info] Available formats for xC5uEe5OzNQ:
ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS │ FILESIZE TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sb2 mhtml 48x27 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb1 mhtml 60x45 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb0 mhtml 120x90 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
139 m4a │ 1.55MiB 47k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 47k 22050Hz low, m4a_dash
140 m4a │ 4.13MiB 127k https │ audio only mp4a.40.2 127k 44100Hz medium, m4a_dash
251 webm │ 4.11MiB 126k https │ audio only opus 126k 48000Hz medium, webm_dash
17 3gp 176x144 8 │ 2.67MiB 82k https │ mp4v.20.3 82k mp4a.40.2 0k 22050Hz 144p
160 mp4 192x144 25 │ 1006.62KiB 30k https │ avc1.4d400b 30k video only 144p, mp4_dash
278 webm 192x144 25 │ 1.70MiB 52k https │ vp9 52k video only 144p, webm_dash
133 mp4 320x240 25 │ 2.01MiB 61k https │ avc1.4d400d 61k video only 240p, mp4_dash
18 mp4 320x240 25 │ 9.42MiB 290k https │ avc1.42001E 290k mp4a.40.2 0k 44100Hz 240p
242 webm 320x240 25 │ 2.81MiB 86k https │ vp9 86k video only 240p, webm_dash
Some of these effects might be useful in a presentation. For instance, if your windows break apart into small shards of shiny glass (making a slight noise when doing so) and then disappear, it might be engaging. This sort of thing is common in films like Minority Report.
Ahh, you've brought back fond memories of grade school powerpoint presentations :)
*googles PowerPoint release date. Answer: 2004.
I guess that checks out. I’m old now.
Wow did this ever take me back. Arguably my first "public code release" was a plugin ("mod" back then I think) for the WWIV BBS system -- a screensaver called "Bubbles" that would draw random circles on the idle screen instead of the dead blinky cursor at top left. BBS owners would basically need to code it as a diff in their own system and recompile the thing. I was maybe 9 or 10 years old. It was probably 50ish lin…
I am interested on how did you learn programming and even create a functional program when you were that young. I was 14 years old when I write my first "hello world" program, and after that, for the next 5 years I basically just fiddling with Visual Basic 6 UI builder and programming. Most of my script come from books or the internet, and I don't understand the complicated stuff at that time, especially where the pr…
I did dad's homework up into my mid teens, so it was a good payoff for him! :)
I never asked him if he liked the book Tom Sawyer. I bet he did.
Compiz was probably the single most impactful event for desktop linux of the mid 2000's. Not that it itself made much of a difference, but the ripples affect many areas we take for granted today. A few reasons: - it put linux ahead of windows and mac in terms of appearance; - it brought many new users and most were a good mix technical and enthusiasts; - it showed the advantages of modular software; - many plugins we…
The physicality that Compiz and wobbly windows brought to the desktop was a huge boon to my productivity. Everything was low latency, high framerate, and just felt real . I could rotate my virtual desktops around and they felt like actual spatial locations for organization. I could drag windows and they felt like quasi-tangible objects, not just abstract rigid platonic rectangles. It was far more than just a gimmick,…
Settings > Workspace Behavior > Desktop Effects > Enable Wobbly Windows
Enjoy :)
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The physicality that Compiz and wobbly windows brought to the desktop was a huge boon to my productivity. Everything was low latency, high framerate, and just felt real . I could rotate my virtual desktops around and they felt like actual spatial locations for organization. I could drag windows and they felt like quasi-tangible objects, not just abstract rigid platonic rectangles. It was far more than just a gimmick,…
Wobbly windows are still available in KDE Plasma Desktop Environments (I use Kubuntu, but there are many others). Settings > Workspace Behavior > Desktop Effects > Enable Wobbly Windows Enjoy :)
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WindowBlinds had some similar features, but I’m pretty sure Compiz almost immediately did far more. The state of the art third party software on Windows in the 2000s tended to try to emulate Vista Aero on XP, or skin Vista/7 differently but with similar functionality. The Molten theme from WindowBlinds 6 is somewhat reminiscent of burning windows, but I don’t think it actually did that. Maybe at some point you could…
Stardock's WindowFX is the Compiz equivalent for Windows. It still seems to exist: https://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/ I remember trying it in the XP/Vista era alongside Compiz/Beryl and it was quite unstable. As a result it never reached the popularity of the (mostly usable) WindowBlinds.