[Mageia-dev] Fwd: fallback mode

Tue Nov 6 00:56:55 CET 2012

Olav Vitters a écrit :
+> fyi
+Sujet: fallback mode
+De: Matthias Clasen <matthias.clasen at gmail.com>
+Date: 2012-11-05 10:42
+Pour: distributor-list at gnome.org
+Copie: GNOME release team <release-team at gnome.org>
+
+I'm writing to inform you that the release team discussed
+https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointSeven/Features/DropOrFixFallbackMode
+yesterday. We've come to the conclusion that we can't maintain
+fallback mode in reasonable quality, and are better off dropping it.
+>
+
+Really short-sighted, if the display performance problems aren't solved.
+The processor-intensive extras are really just eye candy, and should be 
+optional, depending on the resources available.  Instead of forcing 
+software emulation of hardware acceleration of display in order to use 
+regular (non-fallback) mode, it should instead use hardware acceleration 
+if available only where it could produce significant performance gains.
+And certainly not for display in a virtual console, which becomes 
+extremely slow.
+
+The reorganization of the default screen layout can be largely reverted 
+if desired by ajusting the configuration and/or using already available 
+extensions, so that isn't a problem.
+Although the configuration programs don't yet work coherently, and some 
+aspects don't work at all (at least in fallback mode which I'm forced to 
+use.)
+
+The tablet-style gtk+ themes currently available are anything but 
+user-friendly for those who want a readable compact space-efficient 
+display on normal sized displays.  But that is bound to improve, as more 
+gtk+2 themes are ported to gtk+3.
+(But the light-switch-type icons in place of check boxes is weird and 
+easily misunderstood.)
+As one gnome developer said recently in his blog, the gnome interface 
+design team are seriously out of touch with those who work on their 
+computer.
+
+-- 
+André
+