Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 17:17, Marek Habersack wrote: > > As I wrote previously, the options I've been asked about (and it happens > > that I've been using them myself) were the workspace switching wrap option, > > the opaque vs. wireframe move/resize options. For me it's just a matter of > > personal preference - I don't like the visual effect of moving a full window > > or resizing a full window - but people who asked me have slightly older and > > slower hardware where the video card simply doesn't do well when a full > > window is dragged/resized. That's about the only options I'd like to see > > configurable somewhere. > > The only person I heard on this list complaining has a 486. The class of > computers we are (loosely) targetting for Gnome is a 300 Mhz machine > with above 32 megs of ram (it probably works on slower machines, > depending on the arch, the pieces of software you usually run, etc.) > > Thinking of running a modern desktop on a 486 is just a dream. > > (BTW, metacity has "workspace switching wrap option", I added it, > because I used it with Window Maker, and it made sense). > > > > > Hmm, another question has just popped up in my mind. Looking at the lack > > > > of the window manager configuration applet in the control panel and > > > > reading some messages here and there I've gotten the impression that > > > > GNOME > > > > is aiming at tight window manager integration with the desktop (kind of > > > > the KDE one) - is that true or is it just my (incorrect) impression? > > > > > > We're definitely aiming for tight integration (why wouldn't we?) but > > > there's > > That's ok as long as the integration isn't too tight - as to the point where > > one cannot switch to a different window manager. > > Why is the focal point of this community on "window managers" ? I don't > see any KDE people whinging about the fact that they can only run kwin > (or whatever the latest version of it is called). Sawfish has a lot of > shortcomings, the main one being that nobody really understands its > code, and that John is busy. > > Just like there's only one file-manager supported in Gnome, there could > well be only one window manager supported. Sounds cool to me. > > > > Most of your questions would be best answered on GNOME's > > > desktop-devel-list, > > > rather than the Debian package maintainer's list. > > I guess you're right ;) - it's just that something inside me is against > > subscribing to yet another voluminous mailing list, haha :)). But I suppose > > that would be the right way :) > > *shrug* Talk to your dog rather than to your doctor, when you feel sick, > the doctor lives too far, right ? > > -- > /Bastien Nocera > http://hadess.net
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