Re: Fifth-toe list

[Mike Martin <redtuxxx yahoo co uk>]

Le ven 12/07/2002 à 09:29, Chris Chabot a écrit :
> >
> >
> > >There are still some usuability problems with it (no GUI to
change
> > >themes, ...) and I don't want to confuse our users with that..
> > >
> >Try metacity-setup? It works prety well for me.
> >
> >metacity-setup still has a numer of things on the todo list  as
far 
as 
> >keybindings and all go (if you want to expose those options to 
users), 
> >but themes (with instant apply), number of workspaces and font 
settings 
> >work well.

>Thanks.. Mandrake contributors uploaded it to Mandrake cooker but I
didn't found enough time to test it :))
>
>I agree with you, it fixed almost all my critics :))
>
>The only thing which prevents me to switch Mandrake cooker to 
Metacity
>is the "don't focus new window" problem.. But Havoc seems to have 
fixed
>it in CVS.. So, I guess next version of MetaCity will probably be 
GNOME
>2 default WM for Mandrake too :))))))

I am curious - what is the the problem with this?
I use metacity with the latest metacity-setup and I have windows
focusing correctly

I use focus follows mouse and raise new windows

>And it seems to be lacking some translations too (hint, hint :))

>Havoc, can we have a new release, please :))

> >I really want to switch default WM for GNOME 2 to MetaCity but it 
is not
> >mature enough yet (and I think Havoc will agree on that :))
> >
> I am starting to wonder about this. Havoc was never for making 
metacity 
> the default wm for gnome 2.0.x, since it was his pet-project. 
However 
> with sun adopting it, and redhat also using it as default in their 
> latest beta's, i would say it is progressing rather quickly.
> 
> Also, what standards are we using to measure maturity? Sawfish is 
nice 
> (i used it for a long time and loved it) but it sure has its share 
of 
> klunky problems as well.

>I would say : it should "feel" right (following Havoc's article
about
GUI design)... Since metacity CVS seems to "feel right", I think it 
is
becoming mature :))

> > Anyways, just wanted to chime in with my 2 euro cents, since i'm 
using 
>> it on a day-to-day bases now, and loving it ;-)

>I'm using it too :))

>-- 
>Frédéric Crozat
>MandrakeSoft



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