Re: [orca-list] window manager recommendations?

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Jim:

In Compiz, the main problem is that Alt+Tab will not result in Orca 
presenting the name of the window you will be moving to.

Will

On Jan 25, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Jim Barbour wrote:

> Thanks Will.  That information makes me sad, as metacity seems to lack
> many features I'd like to have in a window manager.
>
> Could you give me a bit more detail on what I'd be missing out on if
> an orca user moved to bizcomp, sawfish, or icewm istead of metacity?
>
> thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 05:26:32PM -0500, Willie Walker wrote:
> > Hi Jim:
> >
> > Metacity currently works best with GNOME/Orca.  Compiz provides a lot 
> > of
> > interesting eye candy, but there are still some issues with its 
> > support
> > for the AT-SPI.  We've logged these issues with the Compiz team and
> > continue to track them.
> >
> > Will
> >
> > Jim Barbour wrote:
> > > Howdy Folks,
> > >
> > > I am pretty X literate, and understand about window managers, but am
> > > not so gnome literate.
> > >
> > > Does orca care which window manager i use?  Is there value is finding
> > > a window manager that is "gnome aware?"  As far as I can tell, gnome
> > > aware means that understands gnome window sizing hits.
> > >
> > > Any information is welcome.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jim
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