{"id":169,"date":"2007-08-10T13:58:34","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/169"},"modified":"2007-11-13T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T22:52:47","slug":"random-ui-stuff-and-link-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/169","title":{"rendered":"Random UI Stuff and Link Dump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Radial menus in GNOME!  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qdh.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=175\">libsexier<\/a>, indeed!  Awesome.  I was wondering when radial menus would creep their way to the desktop.  After watching the video, I enabled Desktop Effects in Feisty and ran the demo, but the performance wasn&#8217;t very good.  I&#8217;m not sure why.  Should I be using an updated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cairographics.org\/\">Cairo<\/a> or other lib?  Does my computer just suck that much?  \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>iwant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ilife\/guidedtour\/\">iphoto and imovie<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/f-spot.org\/Main_Page\">F-Spot<\/a> devs, please check out the iphoto demonstration, particularly the usage of &#8220;events.&#8221;  (<a href=\"http:\/\/f-spot.org\/Download\">version 4<\/a> is out!  I still need to try that&#8230;)  Anyone capable of working on a movie editor for linux, please look at imovie.  \ud83d\ude42  I&#8217;m totally jealous of these 2 particular pieces of software&#8230; as I would use them a lot.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/jensenh\/archive\/2006\/11\/10\/the-office-2007-ui-bible.aspx\">Office 2007 UI Bible<\/a> documents the history of Microsoft Office&#8217;s <abbr title=\"User Interface\">UI<\/abbr> and various decisions that were made.  I&#8217;m not done reading it, but it&#8217;s quite interesting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=_ImW0-MgR8I\">Compiz Fusion<\/a> is lookin nice&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>More worthwhile links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Some nice <a href=\"http:\/\/howto.nicubunu.ro\/\">tutorials<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\">the Gimp<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inkscape.org\/\">Inkscape<\/a> to get started with these great (Free) tools.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\">BOOKS!!<\/a>  Lots of Books!  Free!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghostsofcitesoleil.com\/\">Ghosts of Cit\u00e9 Soleil<\/a> (<em>Ghosts of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cit%C3%A9_Soleil\" title=\"Cit\u00e9-Soleil on Wikipedia\">Sun City<\/a><\/em>) looks very interesting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/englishrussia.com\/?p=1199\">130 hungry cats<\/a> in a small room with one person tossing food!<\/li>\n<li>Hitler&#8217;s live account <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kYvZnTFpip0\">gets banned<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Did you know college republicans are especially <a href=\"http:\/\/maxblumenthal.com\/archives\/171\">prone to medical conditions<\/a> preventing them from enrolling <em>in the army<\/em> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-christ\">Antichrist<\/a> will be someone that <a href=\"http:\/\/maxblumenthal.com\/archives\/176\">promotes peace<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Absolutely <a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=-6186147595582048109 \">awesome documentary<\/a> on Host Clubs in Japan.  Saw it on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siuyee.com\/\">Shirley<\/a>&#8216;s shared items.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about yourself and others <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevepavlina.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/life-lessons-from-blackjack\/\">from blackjack<\/a>?  Yup.  \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radial menus in GNOME! libsexier, indeed! Awesome. I was wondering when radial menus would creep their way to the desktop. After watching the video, I enabled Desktop Effects in Feisty and ran the demo, but the performance wasn&#8217;t very good. I&#8217;m not sure why. Should I be using an updated Cairo or other lib? 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