The selection of what app manager to use is available as a compile time option and a runtime option already, and it will stay that way.
On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 08:40:48AM -0700, Gray, Tim wrote: > I also hope that there is a compile time option to turn off overlapping > windows. > > in my applications it is not desireable to have overlapping at all except > for a single "something bad happened" dialog box. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lalo Martins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Pgui-devel] Desktop-style window management > > > On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:32:43PM +0100, Peter Graf wrote: > > Framebuffer implementation seems feasible, but the PDA-style > > windowmanagement of picoGUI is not suitable. Apart from windowmanagement, > > the picoGUI architecture seems to fit quite good. > > > > Is there work in progress for PicoGUI desktop-style windowmanagement, esp. > > > overlapping windows for multitasking applications? > > For the technical answers, please refer to Micah's reply. I, however, want > to make some usability/HCI comments on this. > > It is *not* correct to refer to overlapping windows as "desktop-style" and > PicoGUI's as "PDA-style". The non-overlapping mode of PicoGUI is perfectly > fit for desktops, and in fact it is *better* than overlapping. Heck, I'm > looking forward to (and working on) using PicoGUI as my desktop, and I will > as soon as it has enough tools for me to do my work. > > In real-life practice, I *never* have seen anyone using overlapping windows > for real work. Most people use one single "maximized" window at a time, > others (when there is legitimate need to have more than one app or set of > data readily available) use "tiling" (spreading the windows so that they > don't overlap). Except for dialog boxes, overlapping windows are extremely > confusing and unintuitive. > > Micah: I register my plead that even if you waste your time rewriting the > engine to support overlapping, the fabulous, innovative, non-overlapping app > manager remains the default. > > []s, > |alo > +---- > -- > Those who trade freedom for security > lose both and deserve neither. > -- > http://www.laranja.org/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > pgp key: http://www.laranja.org/pessoal/pgp > > Eu jogo RPG! (I play RPG) http://www.eujogorpg.com.br/ > GNU: never give up freedom http://www.gnu.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Pgui-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Pgui-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel -- Only you can prevent creeping featurism! ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Pgui-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel
