Re: I think we should have a Gnome Window Manager

[Chris Knight <cknite net66 com>]

At 04:42 PM 2/12/98 -0600, you wrote:
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> I really think the Gnome Project should provide a Gnome Window Manager
>(gwm?) if we hope to be accepted as a real desktop project.  One of the
>most important aspects of a desktop IMO is a consistent, coherent
>interface.  That is really not possible if a Gnome system could be running
>any of a dozen or so window-managers.  Each one of them has a particular
>set of rules and styles that people would have to learn.  I don't think
>Enlightenment is the answer here - it is really too big, and some of its
>components are a little bit annoying (the track lights, for example.)

Then make a theme that doesn't use them?

>Enlightenment is certainly attractive, but IMHO it isn't too useable -
>which is more important to me.  I work for an ISP, and sometimes I have to
>take support calls.  The one thing people don't complain about is how
>bland their desktops are.  It just isn't important to them.  Also, some
>people still run 8bpp displays, I don't know how well Enlightenment
>handles those.  I think we need something like the K Window Manager - it
>is both attractive and useable.

If we go with one window manager, we have buried ourselves into the same
hole KDE and Windows put themselves into. Non-configurability. That's what
Windows is about. But, with Rasterman's theme supported Enlightenment, and
future Gtk versions supporting themes, then every user may configure his
desktop to look like what they *want* it to. Very Unixy, very UnWindows95y.
Distributing default themes as the default look sounds good enough to make
everything 'consistent' enough.

Chris
<cknite@chriscrawler.com>

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