Re: Fifth-toe list
- From: Mike Martin <redtuxxx yahoo co uk>
- To: gnome <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Fifth-toe list
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:21:48 +0100 (BST)
Le ven 12/07/2002 à 09:29, Chris Chabot a écrit :
> >
> >
> > >There are still some usuability problems with it (no GUI to
change
> > >themes, ...) and I don't want to confuse our users with that..
> > >
> >Try metacity-setup? It works prety well for me.
> >
> >metacity-setup still has a numer of things on the todo list as
far
as
> >keybindings and all go (if you want to expose those options to
users),
> >but themes (with instant apply), number of workspaces and font
settings
> >work well.
>Thanks.. Mandrake contributors uploaded it to Mandrake cooker but I
didn't found enough time to test it :))
>
>I agree with you, it fixed almost all my critics :))
>
>The only thing which prevents me to switch Mandrake cooker to
Metacity
>is the "don't focus new window" problem.. But Havoc seems to have
fixed
>it in CVS.. So, I guess next version of MetaCity will probably be
GNOME
>2 default WM for Mandrake too :))))))
I am curious - what is the the problem with this?
I use metacity with the latest metacity-setup and I have windows
focusing correctly
I use focus follows mouse and raise new windows
>And it seems to be lacking some translations too (hint, hint :))
>Havoc, can we have a new release, please :))
> >I really want to switch default WM for GNOME 2 to MetaCity but it
is not
> >mature enough yet (and I think Havoc will agree on that :))
> >
> I am starting to wonder about this. Havoc was never for making
metacity
> the default wm for gnome 2.0.x, since it was his pet-project.
However
> with sun adopting it, and redhat also using it as default in their
> latest beta's, i would say it is progressing rather quickly.
>
> Also, what standards are we using to measure maturity? Sawfish is
nice
> (i used it for a long time and loved it) but it sure has its share
of
> klunky problems as well.
>I would say : it should "feel" right (following Havoc's article
about
GUI design)... Since metacity CVS seems to "feel right", I think it
is
becoming mature :))
> > Anyways, just wanted to chime in with my 2 euro cents, since i'm
using
>> it on a day-to-day bases now, and loving it ;-)
>I'm using it too :))
>--
>Frédéric Crozat
>MandrakeSoft
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