Compiz

Hello all,
It is good to make an entry here about the compiz project.
It had been suffering for some time now with lack of direction and developers leaving the project.
However, with Kristian Lyngstol's leadership and management skills, the project appears to have grown up!
The personality of the project feels more calm and certainly more organized.
I am sure Kristian feels the pangs of "management" for various reasons, but I hope he is aware that his approach is going to most likely save the project.
It is also good to see Quinn Storm again, although I am not clear on how much time Quinn has to be involved.
There has been a brief discussion about Emerald, as to it's rewrite as well as the concept that compiz does not need to be limited to just kde or gnome window borders or even Emerald themes.
The idea of movable window title bars, to the side or even the bottom of windows, as well as tabbed window title bars with movable tabs had a brief appearance in the conversation.
This new approach to the decorator concept opens up a much broader creative potential. It will be interesting to see some "feature requests" or rather ideas , for window decorations. The possibilities are exciting!!
As I mentioned, the overall "feel" of the project is quite a bit more relaxed. Even those of us on the support team are feeling the "ease" of tensions.
I have said something similar since Beryl had been out, that I am very honored to be involved, even in the small way that I am, with a group of people, both developers and support, who are the best out there. Now, with those that have not left the project, and the introduction of much better leadership, I can confidently say that these people are bright, confident, and "user friendly" , and definitely the best!

coz