It is very easy to see the improvement that the RENDER Extension makes in the visual apearance of graphics even in simple applications.
Mouse over the Flash screenshots below to see popup tooltips and highlights of the areas of improvements.
X-Win32 - Showing KDE 3 on SuSE 9.3 with the RENDER Extension enabled
Note: Move the mouse over the image to highlight the areas that are improved with RENDER support. A tooltip will popup with an explanation.
X-Win32 - Showing KDE 3 on SuSE 9.3 Without the RENDER Extension
Note: Move the mouse over the image to highlight the areas that are improved with RENDER support. A tooltip will popup with an explanation.
Detailed Comparison
Desktop icons
Notice how the edges of the icons are smooth and each icon label has a clear drop shadow in X-Win32 with RENDER support
Compare this to the jagged edges of the Trash icon and the fuzzy text in X-Win32 without RENDER support
Konqueror button bar
Notice how the disabled icons on the left are smoothly grayed out in X-Win32 with RENDER support
Compare this to the black and gray dot pattern displayed in X-Win32 without RENDER support
Highlighting of the word Konqueror
Notice how the word Konqueror is highlighted around the edges in X-Win32 with RENDER support
Compare this to the white dots around the word in X-Win32 without RENDER support
Taskbar icons
Notice how smooth the edges of the taskbar icons are in X-Win32 with RENDER support
Compare this to the jagged edges of the circular icons in X-Win32 without RENDER support
Taskbar entries
Notice how there is more text on each taskbar entry in X-Win32 with RENDER support, text is more readable with the RENDER Extension at a normal size, so KDE is using that normal size with X-Win32 with RENDER support
Compare this to the larger than normal text size in X-Win32 without RENDER support
Tray icons
Notice how the tray icons are drawn in a transparent background on top of the tray in X-Win32 with RENDER support
Compare this to the gray box around the tray icons in X-Win32 without RENDER support
