Re: Still need a hint for undecorated windows

[Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov iki fi>]

On 2005-06-24, Carsten Haitzler <raster rasterman com> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:28:37 -0500 Sasha Vasko <sasha aftercode net> babbled:
>> Real world example of this 
>> would be a car having a joystick instead of a steering weel, and a wierd 
>> knob on a dashboard instead of a gas pedal. Let gas pedals be gas pedals 
>> and window managers manage windows, and we all will end up in a better 
>> world.
>
> in fact there are cars that do NOT have gas pedals. they have them for reasons.
> specialty vehicles mostly - earth moving equipment, tractors etc. sure it's
> uncommon but they have their reasons to do so. 

Cars having special steering equipment would be more like the user choosing
to use a different kind of UI or a window manager. A car having catepillar
treads and the manufacturer insisting that it be driven on normal roads
would be like apps trying to override the window manager.

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Tuomo