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Not Just Eye Candy At Freedesktop.org
Jim Gettys writes "While Keith Packard's eyecandy at freedesktop.org, including drop shadows, translucent menus and windows with alpha channels is nice to look at, and in some ways useful, *much* more important
is that the same facilities are useful for
thumbnailing, screen magnifiers, and arbitrary transforms of applications on their way to the screen, just to name a few of the potential
applications. So enjoy the eyecandy, but remember, too much candy can rot your brain. And if you want to
avoid fattening your brain, you can come help us
make this ready for prime-time, and work off
the candy you ate and pitch in at freedesktop.org."
For background, see this earlier Slashdot post about Freedesktop.org, and the brief description below.
An anonymous reader sums up this effort to revamp X: "The new X server features full support for transparency, and has window-level image compositing among other things. It allows applications to present alpha-blended content to the screen. A new X Visual was added to the server. At 32 bits deep, it provides 8 bits of red, green and blue along with 8 bits of alpha value. Applications can create windows using this visual and the compositing manager can take those contents and composite them right onto the screen. The X server project holds sources to build an X server separately from a full X distribution."
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Seems to me, that would be as emotoinally damaging as actually being rape. The only difference being the identity of the person violating them.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
And George W. Bush is a great human being who got to where he is today through hard work, dedication, and an endearing air of confidence.
BWAHAHAHAHA! When you realize that everyone is lying to you about everything happening in the world today, maybe you'll drop the attitude. Americans are just as propogandized as the Iraqis, it's just you're too ignorant to realize it. Admittedly, it's not your fault you're ignorant, since no reputable news organization exists in the US, despite rumors to the contrary.
It's been a long time.
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