On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Yatsen Ng wrote:
1. Explicit Keygrabs prevent it from being ICCCM-Compliant (aka Hotkeys). This means that some UNIX implementations of X11 will not play nicely. 2. The Dock is too much. Too many functions. Window managers should manage windows, and that's all. 3. The Iconification of a window chews up valuable real-estate. 4. ImLib, though fast, is still considered bloat in my book ;)
Thanks for the info. Could you explain a bit more about the Dock being too much? In your opinion, which functions are obsolete?
I mean exactly what I said; that a window manager should manage windows ;). An application requests windows (such as the KMail window that I'm working in right now), and a window manager should draw the windows. On the same level, a `dockapp' is nothing more than an application with tight standards concerning it's geometry (so many pixels wide, so many pixels tall); ergo the window manager should manage dockapps as well (as Slit does in bb). Anything more than drawing windows for an application or a dockapp is (or should be) handled by an external application. The WMaker clip is nearly worthless to me, since I can anchor any window to all workspaces. WMakerConf is a nifty tool, but requires too much real estate (72x72 pixels, configurable) ;). I (personally) don't like on-screen icons. BB provides a mechanism in the workspace list to see iconified applications. Since bb supports windowshade operation, I almost never use iconification anyway. BB also provides mechanisms for the appearance of window decoration (Styles), window placement, and front-to-back window behavior, all contained in the root window menu. One of my only wishes would be for bb to support the KWin hints that provide sound events ;). -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | Kansas City, MO /\\ 816-241-2641 x107 | http://www.atipa.com _\_V -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/