I was deep in meditation when Waldo Bastian awoke me by saying: > > Inspired by the Gnome Spec, one of the KDE-developers is working hard to > get a KDE Window Mangager spec out as well. Although the two specs are > different in some areas, it should not be too hard to make a > window-manager > which is both Gnome- and KDE-aware. I expect that the most popular WMs > will have support for both in the not so far future. >
That certainly is possible, but I don't think it solves the problem, which is at the application level. What would be really nice is if GNOME and KDE applications were interoperable. Otherwise we will have 2 (3 if you count GNUStep) environments with exclusive APIs. As an applications developer, I don't want to have to code the same stuff twice, one for GNOME interoperability and one for KDE (and in some cases, such as DnD, I probably couldn't if I wanted to). On the flip side, it would be a shame allow a single environment to become an exclusive standard, de facto or otherwise, because both seem to serve the communities who prefer them. -- ¤--------------------------------------------------------------------¤ | Aaron Gaudio mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.rit.edu/~adg1653/ | ¤--------------------------------------------------------------------¤ | "The fool finds ignorance all around him. | | The wise man finds ignorance within." | ¤--------------------------------------------------------------------¤ Use of any of my email addresses is subject to the terms found at http://www.rit.edu/~adg1653/email.shtml. By using any of my addresses, you agree to be bound by the terms therein.
