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[Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: compiz

By default, the Desktop Wall plugin shows “live viewport previews” when
switching workspaces using the keyboard. Imagine a 1920x1200 image
squished into a tiny box that's about 130x80 pixels. Imagine that
happening with an algorithm optimised for efficiency over prettiness.

I know this is subjective, but I rarely see a case where this looks
satisfying. To the contrary, it looks like something that isn't working
right, and (because hastily resized images tend to be) it is noisy. This
should be disabled by default, in favour of the much simpler grey boxes
with arrows. For detailed viewport previews, we have the full-screen
Expo view.

** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: compiz
  
- It's really that simple. By default, the Desktop Wall plugin shows “live
- viewport previews” when switching workspaces using the keyboard. Imagine
- a 1920x1200 image squished into a tiny box that's about 130x80 pixels.
- Imagine that happening with an algorithm optimised for efficiency over
- prettiness.
+ By default, the Desktop Wall plugin shows “live viewport previews” when
+ switching workspaces using the keyboard. Imagine a 1920x1200 image
+ squished into a tiny box that's about 130x80 pixels. Imagine that
+ happening with an algorithm optimised for efficiency over prettiness.
  
  I know this is subjective, but I rarely see a case where this looks
  satisfying. To the contrary, it looks like something that isn't working
  right, and (because hastily resized images tend to be) it is noisy. This
  should be disabled by default, in favour of the much simpler grey boxes
  with arrows. For detailed viewport previews, we have the full-screen
  Expo view.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735250

Title:
  Please disable live viewport previews by default for Desktop Wall
  plugin