On 04 Aug 2002 14:47:53 -0400 Sean Middleditch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 14:34, Julien Portalier wrote: > > > In fact, it's true that with the G1.4 control center the user could > > easily choose the WM he wanted to be launched, that (good) feature > > has been removed, don't know why... > > Becuase most users shouldn't even know what a WM is. Most *don't* > know what a WM is (assuming you are not talking about a UNIX-savvy > user). Just as w/ KDE, where alternate WM's can be used, there should > be but one single WM for GNOME that just does what it should. > Metacity isn't yet up to par, but I believe once it is, Sawfish will > be phased out, and Metacity will remain as the only good GNOME WM. > Then, the "advanced" users that want to use GNOME with some other > wacko WM can use "advanced" techniques to do such (and not leave > confusing options like "window manager" in the GNOME CC for the > average idiot^Wuser). > > Hopefully they'll even rename Metacity to GNOME Window Manager or > something nice that doesn't confuse users more (just like Procman was > renamed to GNOME System Monitor). > Ok, thank you very much for this explanation. Julien
