Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 14:33 +0700, Roelof 'Ben' Kusters wrote: >> 1) Looks: Forgive the curse-words, but Linux has been surpassed in >> looks by as far as I can see all other OSs. I don't know all, but >> Windoze and Mac all look better on lesser graphic-cards. Things like >> true class-borders should be developed. True see-through should also >> be made possible for apps like conky et al. > > The basic looks are perhaps a bit barren, but many fancy desktops > substitute usability for eyecandy (Windows, Mac, or Linux). But > seriously, anything more than basic Microsoft Windows effects really > creaks on low end graphics hardware. > > Transparency's all very well for shuffling windows about, trying to find > the one you want behind the currently front-most one. But it's > appalling to try and use a terminal or application when you're seeing > what's behind it through what you're actually trying to look at. > > The one thing I'd really pick on, with Fedora, is that the default fonts > are too big. You end up with whacking great big text and GUIs, to fit > it all in. And people tend to do the wrong thing to compensate, fake > the DPI settings, to scale it, so the desktop designers never pull their > finger out and put the proper sizing controls in where they can be > easily fixed. (Including the login screen.) So those of us who need > accurate scaling, find it hard to adjust things properly, because > everyone else thinks the dumb kludge is good enough. > > Yes, it's handy not to have midget GUIs and text. But much of it's just > way too big. Windows is bad at handling this, too. Try scaling your > fonts up to the size you want, and you often find the GUI doesn't scale > up to fit, with it. And I'm So Sick Of Windows Texts Being Written In > This Fashion In Nearly All The Pop-Up Windows. Is the programming > author 8 years old? > > Transparency, movement animations, etc., all look flashy and showy, and > cool for demos. But they get in the way of actually using the computer. > It's harder to see, and slower to do everything. So, they're the first > thing to get shut off. > I think the conservative and correct thing to do is run the minimum possible feature set by default, and make it easy for users who want that stuff to turn it on. Perhaps a few "feature sets" of effects could be put on a radio button GUI so if people find they like a set of features they can select it easily. But making minimal demands on video is important; if someone finds the behavior plain they can adjust it, but if it doesn't display well enough to adjust, new and low tech users will just give up and bad mouth Fedora. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
