Written by baldurpet the 13 Apr 09 at 16:28.

I propose including pictures of how each effect looks like along with a better introduction.

Pretty much everything you can find here, the Compiz wiki has an incredibly good introduction and explanation for each plugin (I for example had no idea what the JPEG plugin did, the only thing it says in the CCSM is "JPEG image format plugin" which doesn't help at all) and really representative and informative images.

This would be one step towards making Compiz keep it simple (stupid).

(it might also be a good idea to include a big detailed drawing of how the effect looks like instead of a screenshot)

I propose including pictures of how each effect looks like along with a better introduction. Pretty much everything you can find <a href="http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/PluginsMain">here</a>, the Compiz wiki has an incredibly good introduction and explanation for each plugin (I for example had no idea what the JPEG plugin did, the only thing it says in the CCSM is "JPEG image format plugin" which doesn't help at all) and really representative and informative images. This would be one step towards making Compiz keep it simple (stupid). (it might also be a good idea to include a big detailed drawing of how the effect looks like instead of a screenshot)

Written by baldurpet the 13 Apr 09 at 16:40.

This is a continuation of solution #1. Most of the time I'm looking for some effect but I have no idea what it's called.

I suggest:
1. Showing thumbnails of screenshots next to the effect so the user can see exactly what it does. I realize that there are already icons supposed to represent the effects but they just don't do the job (example: the icon for animation, i.e. having the window go up in flames or beam up, is an oil lamp.. seriously?)
2. Give users the possibility to search just by screenshots; i.e. not searching through thumbnails but rather big images where you can clearly see what's going on.

This is a continuation of solution #1. Most of the time I'm looking for some effect but I have no idea what it's called. I suggest: 1. Showing thumbnails of screenshots next to the effect so the user can see exactly what it does. I realize that there are already icons supposed to represent the effects but they just don't do the job (example: the icon for animation, i.e. having the window go up in flames or beam up, is an oil lamp.. seriously?) 2. Give users the possibility to search just by screenshots; i.e. not searching through thumbnails but rather big images where you can clearly see what's going on.

Written by chs42 the 13 Apr 09 at 17:35.

For each effect, add a link (opening in the web browser) to the page in the compiz wiki describing this effect (see http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/PluginsMain and choose your favorite effect).

This will also allow easy improvement of the description.

For each effect, add a link (opening in the web browser) to the page in the compiz wiki describing this effect (see http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/PluginsMain and choose your favorite effect). This will also allow easy improvement of the description.

Written by Darwin Survivor the 14 Apr 09 at 04:07.

This is a continuation of solution #2

Animated gifs (or other filetype) could be used for effects that "do" things (spinning cube, animations, scale). They could either be continuously looping or animate on mouse-over.

This is a continuation of solution #2 Animated gifs (or other filetype) could be used for effects that "do" things (spinning cube, animations, scale). They could either be continuously looping or animate on mouse-over.

Written by waster the 19 Apr 09 at 23:07.

Okay - you're all tweakers, but most people do not want pico-granularity of every pixel's movement and transparency.

With or without integration with gnome themes, compiz could provide a nice set of themes containing co-ordinated effects and decor. By all means have another app to do tweaking, but I nearly filled my pants when I first saw the detailed config app.

Okay - you're all tweakers, but most people do not want pico-granularity of every pixel's movement and transparency. With or without integration with gnome themes, compiz could provide a nice set of themes containing co-ordinated effects and decor. By all means have another app to do tweaking, but I nearly filled my pants when I first saw the detailed config app.

Written by choad the 21 Apr 09 at 00:56.

ccsm is a total geek tool. i love it, because i am a geek.
taking a more user friendly approach would involve making some decisions about defaults, putting things currently accessed through ccsm in to logical places (window opacity in preferences > windows for example, next to the similar "select windows on mouse hover" option) and removing redundant things like having both a cube and a desktop wall.

ccsm is a total geek tool. i love it, because i am a geek. taking a more user friendly approach would involve making some decisions about defaults, putting things currently accessed through ccsm in to logical places (window opacity in preferences > windows for example, next to the similar "select windows on mouse hover" option) and removing redundant things like having both a cube and a desktop wall.

Written by aadityabhatia the 30 Apr 09 at 23:34.

Similar to #3, but fetch the latest descriptions from the Compiz wiki in the background and display them in CCSM instead of providing a link that user has to click.

If the box is not connected to the internet then use a cached copy of the descriptions, or the descriptions that came with the package.

Similar to #3, but fetch the latest descriptions from the Compiz wiki in the background and display them in CCSM instead of providing a link that user has to click. If the box is not connected to the internet then use a cached copy of the descriptions, or the descriptions that came with the package.

Written by adamknox the 15 Sep 09 at 04:12.

Add actual descriptions of what each effect does. Reorganize the different effects. I imagine that a larger percentage of people will want to change transparencies, shadows, alt+tab functionality, than creating flames around a cursor, wobbly windows, a compiz splash, or a huge flashy benchmarking utility.

Incorporate themes from Solution #5:
User Created Content
Presentation (clean, with an attention grabbing cursor)
Gloss

Add actual descriptions of what each effect does. Reorganize the different effects. I imagine that a larger percentage of people will want to change transparencies, shadows, alt+tab functionality, than creating flames around a cursor, wobbly windows, a compiz splash, or a huge flashy benchmarking utility. Incorporate themes from Solution #5: User Created Content Presentation (clean, with an attention grabbing cursor) Gloss