Re: I think we should have a Gnome Window Manager

[Marcus Butler <marcusb wspice com>]

 That sounds good.  Let me clarify my position regarding Enlightenment: I
don't dislike the window manager, I dislike the size of its default 
themes. The themes idea is great (MacOS looks better with the Aron (sp?)
extension.) I do think we should provide some kind of useable default.  I
think new users will appreciate it.  Technical people don't look at this
type of thing the same way as non-technical people do.  Non-technical
people don't *want* their desktop to change (in my experience, this has
held true.)  They want their resize buttons to look and work the same, and
they raise hell when they don't.  Technical people tend to adapt to such
things very quickly.  I think we should try to consider the non-technical
people.

 Marcus


On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Mark Galassi wrote:

> 
> Guys, it's already been discussed enough, and I think that Marcus
> would not object to what our consensus is:
> 
> We will provide patches to make two or three popular WMs work well
> with GNOME, thus adding some heightened awareness for those who can
> handle those two or three WMs.  But we will not require any given
> window manager.
> 
> Marcus should be satisfied with this because it means that one or two
> WMs will play the role he just proposed (of being a small,
> configurable, tightly integrated WM).
> 
> The typical UNIX "live free or die" types will be satisfied because
> they can choose any WM.
> 
> (PS: I hope I'm remembering the consensus well.)
> 
> Todd, could you put this consensus in the FAQ?
> 
> 
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