Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-11 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Another opinion, worth what you're paying for it: I actually switched from E to sawmill and then back to E. Why? Part of it was the eye candy, I really like the real-time ripples on the bottom of the screen using just 2% of cpu (Celeron 333), translucent drag is dead cool, tooltips are classic,

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-05 Thread Frank Barknecht
E.L. Meijer Eric" hat gesagt: // E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > Does the current incarnation of E already have a desktop pager with the > same functionality as fvwm2? Some time ago it didn't, and for me it is > one of the features I like most (and use heavily) about fvwm2. Yup, that was one of the r

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-04 Thread Brian J. Stults
I'll second (or third) the "I like E, but now I'm using sawmill" senitment. I had no clear reason for moving from E to sawmill other than the fact that sawmill seemed a little more minimalist which is what I like in a window manager. If you like to hack your window manager and you're addicted to

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-04 Thread Miles Bader
"E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does the current incarnation of E already have a desktop pager with the > same functionality as fvwm2? Some time ago it didn't, and for me it is > one of the features I like most (and use heavily) about fvwm2. I can't give a real answer, since

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-04 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 11:33:29AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: [...] > Enlightenment seems to be as fast as any other window manager on my > P133/80Meg machine, and E is a quite a bit more attractive than any > other WM I've seen (I should perhaps phrase this as `most of the other > WMs I've seen are

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-04 Thread aphro
i agree ..it looks great..if your willing to sacrafice the speed..for some its worth it ..its always nice to have the choice. i for use chose afterstep, and it flies. kde is a DOG compared to it..i havent tried E for a couple years back then it was pretty slow ..but was useable..never figured out

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-04 Thread Miles Bader
"David J. Kanter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am I the only one who finds Enlightenment bloated, too busy and too hard to > read? I'm willing to listen to those who use it; but after trying it out > last night, I'm not too willing to switch from my speedy and trusty fvwm2 or > window maker. It's

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-04 Thread James Pullman
OK, I'll bite. I mean, didn't the Trolls spout this back during E 0.14? Admittedly, I gave up on E recently for Sawmill, but E was always a good window manager. If it wasn't, why would it be as popular as it is? You said it yourself, you don't have to use it. Then don't. There's nothing fo

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-03 Thread David Raynes
On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 07:21:28AM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > Am I the only one who finds Enlightenment bloated, too busy and too hard to > read? I'm willing to listen to those who use it; but after trying it out > last night, I'm not too willing to switch from my speedy and trusty fvwm2 or >

Why use Enlightenment?

1999-11-03 Thread David J. Kanter
Am I the only one who finds Enlightenment bloated, too busy and too hard to read? I'm willing to listen to those who use it; but after trying it out last night, I'm not too willing to switch from my speedy and trusty fvwm2 or window maker. -- David J. Kanter [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Humans have an inna