Clarence Verge wrote:
>
> The window manager seems to be most important in
> the user interface arena, controlling the general
> appearance of your screen and providing menus and
> application launching.
You will probably be surprised to hear that the wm
is actually the least important component. In fact,
the wm is optional. For a long time I ran X without
a wm. A wm just adds convenience (and a few do-dads).
The real work is being done by X.
> What sets the appearance of the buttons ?
> Netscape, the wm or X ?
Netscape, probably. Although there may be some effect
from your DeskTop (KDE or Gnome) and/or your Xserver.
> Next, what decides how much screen Netscape will
> occupy the next time I turn it on ?
> Every time I start Netscape it seems to only occupy
> 60% of the available area, and there is no way
> (except manual stretching) to make it go fullscreen.
I don't know about your Netscape, but 3.04 has a
/usr/local/netscape/Netscape.ad file with lots of
info about customization.
Cheers,
Steven
