Beryl - WAS re: movie plugins

[jbk at mail2.gis.net (jbk)]

TheBlueSage wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 19:43 -0500, jbk wrote:
>>  Now if 
>> you have enough memory I would get beryl for some real 
>> entertainment.
>>
>> Jim K-R
>>
> I have Beryl running full now across 2 flat screens, with individual
> rotating cubes on each panel, wobbling windows, amazing alpha
> transparency. In fact I even ran windows in VMware, and then rotated the
> desktop cubes, and you can see the backside of M$Windows. Very funny !
> I've lost more time to 'fun configurations' of Beryl than I've lost to
> most video games ;) Now that's SERIOUS entertainment.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
So looking at beryl as a desktop utility the features that 
are most useful to me are the zoom and negative windows. 
Being able to have your Apps visible but around the corner 
is nice, but I wonder what long term utility it will serve. 
The fun for me has been searching for the right skydome 
image to use. It has to have a good resolution but also have 
distinct sectors that are worth zooming to. That is a vague 
statement but once you have fiddle with it will make more 
sense. I look for astronomy images from Nasa because the 
resolution is high. Eye candy is great but it also grows old.
Well until enough people have tried it, it may not be much 
of a discussion topic.

Jim K-R

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