Hi there, On 21 Apr 2003 at 21:22:32 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I don't see currently any windows-like decorations, just > > cde-like ones. I think that a missing close button is a > > feature (misfeature) of CDE/MWM, it has nothing to do > > with our window manager that is configurable. > > But it has something to do with M$ Windows which > introduced the X. And I consider it a misfeature of said > GUI. Why do you need two such buttons, one on the left > and one on the right? This a layout suggestion in the style of fvwm vector buttons. It shows a possible fvwm window decoration. We may add more or less buttons if or use graphical window decoration like: http://www.fvwm.org/index.php?decoration_path=pictures/decorations/window_deco_ice > > Besides, this "X" has a purpose, it is used to switch to another (plain) > > layout, try it. :) > > Yes, I tried it before, and it's a very good place to hide > something so that nobody will ever discover it is there. I don't > get the connection between a "close window" button and the "change > layout" function either. I put it on the "x" to close the window decoration. To put it there was thought to be a fancy hidden feature. When I had the window layout inside my browser I tried intuitively to press one of the window buttons ;-) More layouts may be accessable via a separate layout page. Which allows one to specify how layout information are passed to sub pages (cookie, get, session, maybe post). > > I thought about other buttons, something like: > > > > menu button - may open a real menu using javascript > > that for example shows a list of layouts (themes) and > > navigation tools to choose from You really want to have javascript on the fvwm web page? > > maximize button - may disable pager (WindowList-like > > navigation?) close button - closes windows and pager > > like now This can be done, but may take a while. > > > 2) The number of icons on the page has to reduce dramatically. > > > > I think that we need an alternative navigation to the pager > > (WindowList like or other). But the default may be a pager. > > > > The plain layout is very fast, when a user sets it (later), it is > > used for the entire site forever. > > > > Alternativelly an option may be used to disable all pager icons > > (but then the pager will not be compact and nice). Currently I convert the layout defintion to php classes so that further layouts can be derived from a layout base class. Once this is done - we can easily make further layouts with windowlist or other navigation styles. > The icons on the front page serve no purpose and are too > small. Even if they were bigger I would not be able to > determine what clicking on them does. Currently the icons > serve no purpose, slow down loading of the page and make > it more difficult to focus on the important information. > In other words: they are un-fvwm-ish. Yes, you right. I thought it as a fancy add-on. I have removed them for now. Regards, Uwe -- ,_, Uwe Pross (O,O) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ) http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~uwp =-"-"-================================ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
