On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 08:40:05PM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > > I wondered if the assembled would mind telling me what their preferred
> > > desktop was...
> > Definitely an oak veneer.
> No, no. Solid English Oak -- the real thing,
i don't care about the wood,
but it must be a strong 2 squaremeter size table with a straight
leg in each corner. (got two tables of that kind in vienna)
simple. no extra features, no eye candy.
just like Window Maker
my preferred desktop is actually NeXTstep.
Window Maker without any fancy theme is the only program available
to provide a similar experience.
the main thing about NeXTstep and Window Maker are actually
the huge icons. most people do not understand this, but only large
buttons allow quick navigation.
with the NeXTstep dock i can literally just throw the mouse accross the
screen in the general direction of the icon i am looking for, click and
get the program running. any other windowmanager or desktop i need to
aim much more carefully and waste precious seconds before i find the
right icon.
look at a person who is not experienced in navigating the mouse,
and the time lost trying to find the right icon will multiply.
another thing about the Dock, it is JUST buttons, and no additional
eyecandy what so ever. if an application has information to show to the
user it can do so INSIDE its own button, it does not need to waste extra
space in the panel as an applet. in the Dock, the button IS the applet.
greetings, martin.
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