Just as a remark, among the pros BB is one of the mainly
used wms...
Just go talk to the #linux undies, everyone uses blackbox..
Well almost, and those who aren't using BB aren't using X
at all. That's almost true anyway.
And it _is_ because BB is the only WM that gives the developer
everything he wants.. ;)
//Linus
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 11:20:24AM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm new to bb, fresh from a week in E and a long time in MWM (sounds like
>I'm in AA). I hada look at the bb that shipped with Debian 2.2, version 051x
>I think, and it looked fne. Except the toolbar which I found annoying since
>I like a clean desktop. But when E turned out being not sucha good idea, I
>had another look at BB and dl & compiled the current release. Wo, the
>toolbar can at least be moved now and the styles are a big improvement. I
>had changed everything over within the hour.
>
>Whic brings me to the suggestion, probably stated before and turned down
>with good reason, and that is the autohide feature is nice but to some of
>us, even the hint of something is freaky. I'd love to have on, off, and
>autohide.
>
>Anyway, I'm here with BB for better or worse, with these new 3D look I can
>live with the toolbar if I have to... BTW, it's a nice piece of work, kudos
>to all responsible. I'm surprised no one talks about it move. With teh
>general public, sure, it's KDE, but among the pros... Surely BB is the only
>real modern alternative to MWM?
>
>Jonathan
