On 11/05/14 19:39, Michael Treibton wrote: > I recently read this: > > https://plus.google.com/+ThomasAdamXteddy/posts/H5dV9UM7Pbe > > And wondered what the status of fvwm is for definite, especially now > one of the main developers has abandoned it. > > What do others think?
It worries me a bit too. I started with FVWM when I started using Linux in 1996. I've used a lot of window managers and desktop environments (KDE, Gnome, OLVWM, WindowMaker, AfterStep...), including commercial ones (Sun CDE, SGI 4DWM, SCO PMWM, MacOS X, Microsoft Windows, QNX Neutrino, IBM OS/2). FVWM has been the closest, close enough that I haven't gone and tried to do my own thing. That isn't to say I don't have my own ideas. Seeing others' blunders into UI horrors has taught me a few mistakes I won't repeat. Different desktops bring with them various ideas, some worth leaving behind, others worth looking into. Some of my ideas are documented here (after I stop bagging out Microsoft): http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2014/04/12/user-interfaces/ It's the sand irritating the oyster that produces the pearl. I think these few grains in my abode aren't quite enough to get me annoyed just yet. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
