Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-15 Thread xOr
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:58:01AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: Now this is something I really don't get. I took a look at the KDE patch since I use a lot of KDE apps. It's very small and doesn't need any KDE libraries. Afaics there's absolutely no bloat in the patch, only a

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-08 Thread Bo Thorsen
On Thursday 07 February 2002 16:20, xOr wrote: On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:06:35AM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote: Derek Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Feb07,02 10:42, Marco Fioretti wrote: Head on over to

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Now this is something I really don't get. I took a look at the KDE patch since I use a lot of KDE apps. It's very small and doesn't need any KDE libraries. Afaics there's absolutely no bloat in the patch, only a feature that some people find nice. I simply can't see why a patch like this

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Now this is something I really don't get. I took a look at the KDE patch since I use a lot of KDE apps. It's very small and doesn't need any KDE libraries. Afaics there's absolutely no bloat in the patch, only a feature that some people find nice. I simply can't see why a patch like this

Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Marc Wilson
Head on over to http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-02-06-010-20-RV-DT-SW and check out the fluxbox review. While I suppose fluxbox is nice, he really doesn't get it, does he? -- Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.cox.net/msw

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Derek Cunningham
On Thu, Feb07,02 10:42, Marco Fioretti wrote: Head on over to http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-02-06-010-20-RV-DT-SW and check out the fluxbox review. While I suppose fluxbox is nice, he really doesn't get it, does he? He the reviewer? Or fluxbox itself? What

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Jan Schaumann
Derek Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Feb07,02 10:42, Marco Fioretti wrote: Head on over to http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-02-06-010-20-RV-DT-SW And then, aside from that... I'm curious... the author states this: Fluxbox also adds a native key grabber

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Derek Cunningham
On Thu, Feb07,02 10:06, Jan Schaumann wrote: Derek Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Feb07,02 10:42, Marco Fioretti wrote: Head on over to http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-02-06-010-20-RV-DT-SW And then, aside from that... I'm curious... the author

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread xOr
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:06:35AM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote: Derek Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Feb07,02 10:42, Marco Fioretti wrote: Head on over to http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-02-06-010-20-RV-DT-SW And then, aside from that... I'm

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread xOr
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:10:27AM -0500, Derek Cunningham wrote: On Thu, Feb07,02 10:06, Jan Schaumann wrote: Derek Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Feb07,02 10:42, Marco Fioretti wrote: Head on over to

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Feb-2002 Marc Wilson wrote: Head on over to http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-02-06-010-20-RV-DT-SW and check out the fluxbox review. While I suppose fluxbox is nice, he really doesn't get it, does he? Wow, I had heard the tabs were ugly but jeez . (-: I

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread dan radom
the fluxbox review. While I suppose fluxbox is nice, he really doesn't get it, does he? He the reviewer? Or fluxbox itself? What doesn't he get exactly? Marco Fioretti

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Russ Burdick
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 09:20:06AM -0600, xOr wrote: He spends a whole paragraph (I think the biggest one in teh article) on this, and Blackbox has always (well, for a long time anyways) handles wmaker dock apps just fine. This annoys me to no end, get it right, you know..? Oh well. any

Re: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
any chance that one of the more articulate blackbox users/developers would be able to write a rebuttal review? there are some good comments from bb users pointing out errors, but it'd be great if we could show all the new work going into bb and point out why we like it better than fluxbox

RE: Fluxbox review

2002-02-07 Thread Craig Thrall
Personally, I think it's great that people like BB enough to start making spin-off WM's. Another interesting article would take a look at BB and its progeny - you could say that it's possible to both keep the minimalist look n' feel in BB yet provide a launching point for those who want some of