Re: GNOME Usability Improvements - Fix the window manager!

[Jeremy Wise <jwise pathwaynet com>]

I don't think the suggestion here is to abandon support for "other" WM's,
but to create one that will not interfere with Gnome.  I for one find it a
pain to set up my background in Gnome CC, only to have it overridden by
Enlightenment when I restart X.  Back in RH 5.2, I had to figure out how
to disable E's right button menu on the root window, so GMC's menu worked
correctly.  Icons in AfterStep and WindowMaker (last I used them)
interfere with my panel, and make my desktop more cluttered.  It also
adds redundancy, because the Gnome Pager does what I need.

I don't know enough to help produce a new WM, but I like the idea of one
that puts the windows on the screen, without trying to add a bunch of its
own bells and whistles.

Sincerely,

Jeremy Wise

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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, jack wallen, jr wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Daniel Serodio wrote:
> 
> i have to agree here!  the ability to choose which window manager i wanted
> was a large deciding factor for me choosing Gnome.  I feel that the
> ability to switch window managers at the drop of a hat (ala Gnome) make
> Gnome that much more user friendly and configurable than KDE.  
> 
> i think losing this feature would be a shame.
>  
>  > 
> > 	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.
> > 
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