Have you even *looked* at alternatives that *can* do these things? Before you
start bitching, I can say that I'm sure that Sawfish can do at least half of
these things, and its configurability is getting better all the time. Try
looking at the settings instead of just complaining when all of what you want
isn't there by default and served to you on a silver platter.
My apologies if I sound rude, but there are many other window managers out
there apart from Enlightenment. Sawfish, in fact, is the GNOME default, and
can do (IMHO) everything that Enlightenment can do and more.
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:23, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> One more time:
> I want to be able to select a rectangle full of files and drag the
> lot to another directory using only the mouse. I want to be able to
> copy with the right mb, place with the left mb, and paste with the
> middle. I want to be able to call up a menu for gnome and Enlightenment
> complete by clicking buttons 1&2. I want to be able to start a program
> with a single click, and drag with the right mouse button instead of the
> left, which was a better way, because it made group select work. I want
> to call up the running items in a desktop by clicking 2&3. I want to
> delete by clicking 1&3. I want to be able to scroll faster or slower by
> using combinations of mb's. I want 1&2&3 to do something. KDE won't do
> it because W$ won't do it, and they intend to be able to port stuff to
> W$. Gnome won't do it because they listen mainly to W$ users, and W$
> users *have* *bad* *habits*.
> I don't want to restrict anything. You do.
>
> Dennis Myers wrote:
> > On Thursday 14 December 2000 05:09 pm, you wrote:
> > > I guess everybody's entitled to their opinion, but to put down the hard
> > > work of the KDE developers (never used Gnome but I bet they've put lots
> > > of blood, sweat and tears into it as well) is something that I for one
> > > bristle at.
> > >
> > > The configurability of the KDE interface is clearly deeper than you
> > > have cared to go; I am certain that one of the developers could
> > > enlighten you as to how to adjust your interface to your preference(way
> > > better than me)
> > > _if_they_weren't_so_busy_working_on_making_all_our_lives_better.
> > >
> > > David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> > > > I guess I failed to make my point. There should be no double
> > > > clicking at all. There should be group select and drag. There
> > > > should be no nono nonono alt or ctl + mousebutton clicks ever.
> > > > Only one mouse button, never two, should bring up a menu. We
> > > > don't have this because the people at kde and gnome keep
> > > > trying to be like windows instead of better.
> > > >
> > > > -michael- wrote:
> > > > > I have a Logitec laser mouse with 2 buttons and a scroller. I am
> > > > > thrilled with mandrake's support of it in the kde environ. windows
> > > > > requires other drivers and so it's just another proof of linux'
> > > > > superiority imho.
> > > > >
> > > > > David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> > > > > > Ian Land wrote:
> > > > > > > Well, that's only true if you use a window manager like KDE.
> > > > > > > Others, like Gnome, use double-clicks. So, a single-click is
> > > > > > > not "the Linux way". The Windows gui can be configured to act
> > > > > > > like Internet Explorer, which also means single-clicks. This
> > > > > > > isn't an OS question, it's a gui question.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > One of the "bad habits" is having to double-click
> > > > > > > > when a single click will do. For those of us
> > > > > > > > who use both OS's it's quite distracting, and I
> > > > > > > > think the Linux way makes more sense.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "They said I was mad; and I said they were mad;
> > > > > > > damn them, they outvoted me"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - Nathaniel Lee
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Windows mouse support stinks, and it is terminally stupid to
> > > > > > continue to support the two button mouse. Both KDE and Gnome
> > > > > > are guilty of this, but KDE is worse because of a desire to
> > > > > > use the qt library for both windows and linux. For the Gnome
> > > > > > developers there is no excuse for their failure to use all
> > > > > > seven mouse buttons. Double clicks should be long gone by
> > > > > > now. :-)
> >
> > "You can please some of the people some of the time, and you can please
> > all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the
> > people all of the time." Somebody famous said that, I forget who.
> > --
> > Dennis Myers registered Linux User #180842
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