Re: ICCCM breakage, IconicState, and desktops

[jg pa dec com (Jim Gettys)]

> Sender: wm-spec-list-admin gnome org
> From: Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>
> 
> Essentially, icon windows and pixmaps are deprecated, because they
> can't be scaled, and the window can only be displayed in one place at
> a time. So they don't work very well.

Hmmm...  Affine transforms and the like are coming to render soon.

I think this attitude is shortcoming.

Them who've never experience icon windows don't get to wave their hands
and say they are worthless... :-).  (Says old-fart jg).

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water...
                            - Jim