On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 18:17, Marek Habersack wrote: > As I wrote previously, the options I've been asked about (and it happens > that I've been using them myself) were the workspace switching wrap option, > the opaque vs. wireframe move/resize options.
Havoc has many times argued about the option stuff on mailing lists and other forums. You might me interested in reading one of the pieces here http://www106.pair.com/rhp/free-software-ui.html and the Metacity README which also deals with philosophical questions http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/metacity/README . In the FAQ section there he specifically talks about the viewports vs. workspaces argument. The gist is, the differences between both ar largely accidental. There is no reason other than the state of implementation that workspaces in sawfish currently can't be arranged in a grid with associated keybindings. So if you want that, it makes far more sense to file a feature request for workspaces than an argument to reintroduce viewports. This was all along Havoc's line of thought, which was often misunderstood. It's not about removing options. It's about sane design and implementation. If then there are issues that can't be resolved other than by letting users choose, so be it - you then have a sensible option. Viewports/Workspaces is not: sawfish had viewports that could do part of the things possible with them, and workspaces that could do partly other things, and also not everything possible with them. I think Havoc is right here: this makes no sense > For me it's just a matter of > personal preference - I don't like the visual effect of moving a full window > or resizing a full window - but people who asked me have slightly older and > slower hardware where the video card simply doesn't do well when a full > window is dragged/resized. That's about the only options I'd like to see > configurable somewhere. And I'm absolutely shure that Havoc sees that as a sensible option, as the issue can't be resolved any other way and is absolutely understandable by users. Even the most basic wm used in a modern OS, i.e., Windows', can do that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
