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[Alin-Andrei <nilarimogard@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 19:18, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx <
frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> oooopss
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 17:45, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx <
> frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 17:35, Mark Curtis <merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  Unity requires 3d compositing.  For those without adequate hardware, it
>>> falls back to the GNOME Panels.  While I understand for this cycle effort
>>> should be put into getting Unity functioning, I think for the future a
>>> better fallback should be created. For one the GNOME Panels won't be
>>> supported forever so it's not a viable alternative in the long run.  Two,
>>> the UI change from Unity/Panels is drastic.  Look at Windows 7, if the user
>>> can't enable the compositing, the UI is still similar, it doesn't reset to
>>> an XP style of UI.
>>>
>>
>> i agree.
>> It used to be X or CLI. Now we're a bit better than that i guess.
>> Docky is an excellent alternative, if only it could use Compiz' Scale
>> plugin when you click an app icon for the second time..
>> That would make it consistent with the Unity Launcher, and overall more
>> comfortable.
>> Minimizing can still be done via Window Decoration, or via right-click
>> context menu.
>>
>> The default for Workspaces should also be 2 rows and 2 columns, that way
>> we'd have the same Wall.
>>
>> These are small fixes, i think, which would make the two desktops more
>> alike..
>>
>
> all of that would require compositing.. so i was OT all along.. sorry!
>


Actually I believe Cairo Dock doesn't necessarily needs compositing.