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Kompose - The MacOS 'Expose' on Linux

Posted by VISITOR on · 7 comments
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Here is a feature which has been in MacOSX for a long time but has been missing in Linux. It brings a degree of useablity and aestetics to the ambit of Linux users too.

People always say, why can't Linux have some of the same functionality as OSX ? Look at apple, see the path breaking innovations they bring out w.r.t usability. It is anybody's dream machine. And then, they go for the final kill - have you seen Expose at work on a Mac ? It's awesome!!

I personally like OSX too for the importance they give to usability and aesthetics. And I really like Expose on OSX. Which is the real reason for this post. Now Linux can also claim to have Expose like functionality in an application called Kompose.

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Comments (7)

mjjohansen ·
This is a mind-numbingly horrible feature. An un-Mac'ishly crude construction.
tadelste ·
mjjohansen: Could you tell us how you really feel? (;
sbergman27 ·
I decided to test the author's first assertion: "People always say, why can't Linux have some of the same functionality as OSX?"

[url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="why can't Linux have some of the same functionality as OSX"&btnG=Google Search]http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="why can't Linux have s...[/url]

If they "always say" it they apparently don't do it on the web.
tadelste ·
I think the functionality has to do with drivers and commercial software support from Adobe and Microsoft. Outside of the multi-media monopoly which Apple and Microsoft share, I'm not sure their applications over reach gnome or some of the kde apps.

I'd prefer OOo on the Mac to MS Office.
Fritz ·
Am I the only person who hates the OS X interface?

Seriously, I can't stand it and everybody seems to think it's the best thing ever.

-> Fritz
jimf ·
Well Fritz, iI hardly hate it, but I don't see what all the fuss is about, and I much prefer Linux and KDE.
tadelste ·
I don't hate it. I like it. For example, when using photoshop, the entire desktop becomes part of the application. The look and feel is consistent and stable and innovative.

But, I don't own a Mac right now and I use gnome. I like the ideas the gnome developers borrowed from OS X.

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