On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Speedy wrote:
> Ok, now things are starting to get a little heated. Time to sit back and see
> what's come up so far.
>
> Firstly, it seems that there's just a few names that are coming up regularly,
> and making the same points. Some of the points are good, some valid, and some
> just outright nasty. There's no need to get personal, as this is supposed to
> be a list with intelligent people. Or at least, people who would like to be
> intelligent. I will leave it to each person to figure out which group they
> belong in.
>
> Now before this whole discussion descends into "did not" and "did too", let's
> just see what the *rest* of the people on the list think of the ideas.
> Remember that it's all of us who make the user base, not just the vocal or
> talented. Let's see what everyone else likes, and then discuss the
> feasability of the most popular options.
I am pretty tired of contributing to this discussion. Its just another
indicator of how the goals of blackbox have changed since I first started
using it. I can only hope that Jeff doesnt succumb to this too often. I
do not believe blackbox should cater to a new user or to the majority of
users. Brad's similar attitude is one of the reasons I have stuck with
blackbox for this long.
> To start the ball rolling, I like the ideas that give the most choice to
> those who aren't 100% on how the system works. How else are we supposed to
> get people to change to a superior WM if they don't understand it?
My opinion on this is obvious. Why should we care if people switch to
blackbox? Will blackbox still be a superior window manager if stuff keeps
getting added and the UI is altered by people coming from a different
window manager who are used to something else, and want it here too?
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Gregory J. Barlow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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