Re: Regressions in GNOME 2 vs 1.x

[Frank Belew <frb ximian com>]

On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 14:47, Darin Adler wrote:
> On 2/8/02 11:42 AM, "Trever L. Adams" <tadams-lists myrealbox com> wrote:
> 
> > I do remember the one that really bugs me now.  Why in later releases of
> > Nautilus in GNOME 1.x and now in GNOME 2 do all the "GNOME background
> > tasks" such as desktop nautilus (now .gnome-desktop) and gnome-panel etc
> > show up in the task list?
> 
> As I understand it, this should only happen if you use the Gnome 1 task list
> and the Gnome 2 Nautilus or Gnome 2 panel. Some Gnome 2 engineers (not me)
> changed the technique used to identify windows that are not supposed to show
> up in the task list.
> 
>     -- Darin
> 
I've been told this has to do with running a gnome1 window manager that
doesn't understand the new standardized hints (sawfish 1.0.x for
example)

-- 
Frank