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1. Comment - Stardock Delivers Object Desktop 2007

   (Aug 2, 2006 - 1:09 PM)

   I know that FX5100 is a very low-end gfx card. The point is: xgl/compiz and x compositing are much faster than WB5 on the same hardware.
   
   I tested it and the results are very clear: with x compositing, stacking 10 firefox windows (all translucent), and moving window is smooth and as fast as when there is only one. With WB5 it passed out with only 3 IE windows.
   
   Also, the old xgl demo published is on an old ati card, probably with only 32MB RAM. That means all our gfx cards today should have been much more than enough.
   
   I thoguht nvidia driver on windows is better...

2. Comment - Stardock Delivers Object Desktop 2007

   (Aug 1, 2006 - 9:49 PM)

   WB5: Just Too Slow. It is too much slower than X compositing or Xgl/compiz on linux (stack 10 IE windows and you will see!), and probably than vista as well. Sometimes I wonder if there is any accel at all. Not to mention the effects it can do are the least impressive. (I'm using nvidia fx5100)
   
   IconPackager: It can only change those already-customizable icons, which are not even meaningful for general applications. What it should do is to stop hacking simply registry entries and do real work - change the embedded icons in system DLLs. I did this manually before on shell32.dll and the result is much better.