FVWM: Design principles of a good window manager

2004-05-04 Thread Scott Smedley
Hi all, I came across this article recently which explains some of the reasons why the Macintosh window-manager is so much more intuitive user-friendly compared to the Windows window-manager. I thought some people here might find this an interesting read:

FVWM: Window decoration question

2004-05-04 Thread Greg Bognar
For fvwm2-2.2.5-4, the following simple setup in my .fvwm2rc AddToDecor default + ButtonStyle All ActiveUp (-- flat) Inactive (-- flat) + ButtonStyle 1 MiniIcon -- flat + ButtonStyle 2 Pixmap close.xpm -- flat + ButtonStyle 4 Pixmap iconize.xpm -- flat + Buttonstyle 6 Pixmap up.xpm -- flat +

Re: FVWM: Design principles of a good window manager

2004-05-04 Thread Phil Stracchino
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:39:43PM +1000, Scott Smedley wrote: Hi all, I came across this article recently which explains some of the reasons why the Macintosh window-manager is so much more intuitive user-friendly compared to the Windows window-manager. I thought some people here might

Re: FVWM: Design principles of a good window manager

2004-05-04 Thread Nicholas Paul Johnson
Though I generally opt for command line interfaces, especially due to lackings I find in GUIs, I found this to be very interesting, especially the First Principles of Design link within this page. Thanks. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nicholas Paul Johnson o nickjohnson \at\

Re: FVWM: Design principles of a good window manager

2004-05-04 Thread Piotr Zielinski
Scott I thought some people here might find this an interesting read: Scott http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html Excellent, thanks. Will be very useful in my personal quest for the most efficient .fvwm2rc on the planet ;-) The only drawback in what I've read so far (I

Re: FVWM: Design principles of a good window manager

2004-05-04 Thread Shay
Scott Smedley wrote: Hi all, I came across this article recently which explains some of the reasons why the Macintosh window-manager is so much more intuitive user-friendly compared to the Windows window-manager. I thought some people here might find this an interesting read:

FVWM: Most used applications?

2004-05-04 Thread Shay
Is there a way for FVWM to find the most used applications? I'm dreaming of a command line interface which automatically builds a root menu for quick access to the most often used items. -Shay -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send