Re: RH6.0 Gnewbie usability questions

[Ben Frantzdale <frantzdb admin arhs net>]

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> 
> 6. (A tangent, not entirely GNOME related): The more I use GUIs, the more tired
> I get of the traditional overlapping-windows, messy-desktop metaphor, and the
> more I want to experiment with alternatives.  I have a PalmPilot, and using it
> was a revelation.  PalmOS has *no* overlapping windows: just a single
> screen/window area, and a separate (constantly visible) task selector.  It's
> the most usable GUI I've ever seen.  Since GNOME seems to be the world's most
> configurable and hackable desktop, I'm wondering if there's a way to imitate
> this kind of interface in GNOME.  Are there any window managers out there which
> force all displayed windows to be tiled rather than overlapped (you know, like
> Niklaus Wirth's Oberon system, or OS/2 Presentation Manager 1.1)?  Yes, I'm
> aware I'm being a neo-Luddite.  Never mind.  Maybe I'll look at this as my own
> personal programming project (hey, I've got to learn gtk+ sometime)...
> 

Go into the E configuration tool (e-conf) and set up multiple desktops. I
think this would fit the bill. then you can use alt F1, alt F2, alt F3 etc
to go to different desktops.. very usefull.

--Ben

> 7.  Since the release of RH6, I expect there will be a lot of Gnewbies from
> the  Windows and KDE worlds who will open up the Red Hat boxed pack and trip
> over these (to me obvious and baffling) usability glitches, and hit the
> gnome-list with similar puzzled questions.  I checked the GNOME FAQ yesterday
> and it appears to be at least five months old (update date of 1998).  Is there
> a separate Gnome-List FAQ, or if not, will the GNOME FAQ be updated with a
> section on Red Hat 6.0?
> 
> Regards
> Nate
> 
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