Re: GNOME Usability Improvements - Fix the window manager!

[nelson-gnome crynwr com]

Daniel Serodio writes:
 > Michael Fulbright wrote:
 > > Of all the reasons people pick GNOME versus KDE, I think the fact that
 > > GNOME is supposedly window manager independent is very low on the list of
 > > reasons.  It certainly is not one of the top three.  I think its time
 > > to consider making a distinction between "GNOME compliant" window manager
 > > and "GNOME enhanced" window managers.  The later is what a newbie will
 > > want to use.
 > 
 > 	I do think window manager independency is one of the most important resons
 > for most of us hackers. I, for one, will scream if Gnome stops working
 > perfectly (full-featured) with Enlightenment.

Maybe I can help here.  This battle was fought and won (by all sides,
I think) a year and a half ago (and I agree with Miguel's sediment in
his quoted reply):

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| Date: Thu, 22 Jan 98 15:26:59 EST
| From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
| To: gnome-list@gnome.org
| Subject: Re: Offtopic mails on gnome list.
| 
| Miguel de Icaza writes:
|  > * The window manager thread should die now.  
| 
| Absolutely.  As long as there is going to be a "Gnome WM" with a Gnome
| GUI, I don't care if any other WM also works.  It's not about
| exclusivity, it's about consistency.
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