[Compcomm] My ideas (for the record)

[Robert Carr]

On 6/16/07, Mike Dransfield <mike at blueroot.co.uk> wrote:
> Alyssa Hung wrote:
> > At the time I used Beryl, there was no Compiz-equivalent for animation,
> > wall/expo, thumbnail, annotate, and numerous other plugins. I didn't see
> > any of them as being better than the real thing; I saw them as being the
> > shortest distance between myself and the features they offered.
> >
>
> Are you sure??
>
> Animation was the first plugin I ported, I am fairly sure it
> was working within a week of the fork announcement.  It
> might have been updated more slowly, but it always worked
> because I used it.
>
> Thumbnail was actually written for Compiz FIRST, but
> then it was rewritten for beryl.  I know that Stjepan was
> not happy about this betrayal.
>
> Wall was based on plane (admittedly its more functional)

Wall is not  based on plane at all as far as code goes.