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We've come to the conclusion that we can't maintain +</I>><i> fallback mode in reasonable quality, and are better off dropping it. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Really short-sighted, if the display performance problems aren't solved. +</I>><i> The processor-intensive extras are really just eye candy, and should +</I>><i> be optional, depending on the resources available. Instead of +</I>><i> forcing software emulation of hardware acceleration of display in +</I>><i> order to use regular (non-fallback) mode, it should instead use +</I>><i> hardware acceleration if available only where it could produce +</I>><i> significant performance gains. +</I>><i> And certainly not for display in a virtual console, which becomes +</I>><i> extremely slow. +</I> +This discussion has been held various times before. Please read the wiki +link. The reason I'm forwarding the email is to get feedback about the +impact on Mageia. + +><i> The reorganization of the default screen layout can be largely +</I>><i> reverted if desired by ajusting the configuration and/or using +</I>><i> already available extensions, so that isn't a problem. +</I>><i> Although the configuration programs don't yet work coherently, and +</I>><i> some aspects don't work at all (at least in fallback mode which I'm +</I>><i> forced to use.) +</I> +Fallback mode is supposed to work exactly like GNOME shell. It doesn't +in practice, but that was not the intention. + +><i> The tablet-style gtk+ themes currently available are anything but +</I>><i> user-friendly for those who want a readable compact space-efficient +</I>><i> display on normal sized displays. But that is bound to improve, as +</I>><i> more gtk+2 themes are ported to gtk+3. +</I>><i> (But the light-switch-type icons in place of check boxes is weird +</I>><i> and easily misunderstood.) +</I>><i> As one gnome developer said recently in his blog, the gnome +</I>><i> interface design team are seriously out of touch with those who work +</I>><i> on their computer. +</I> +I don't think that bit is ontopic for a Mageia development list. +-- +Regards, +Olav +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019789.html">[Mageia-dev] Fwd: fallback mode +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019795.html">[Mageia-dev] Fwd: fallback mode +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19790">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19790">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19790">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19790">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |