Re: desktop-devel-list digest, Vol 1 #691 - 5 msgs

["John J. Boyer" <director chpi org>]

Bill,
That is good news indeed. 
With Windows we've had too much trouble here with users of doubtful 
computer literacy completely screwing up their machines. So I'm all in 
favor of making the choice of window managers available only to 
knowledgeable users.
John
On 23 Sep 2002, Bill Haneman wrote:

> John J. Boyer said:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Another reason to give users a choice of window managers is that there 
> > may be considerable differences in accessibility among them. People with 
> > disabilities in particular may appreciate having a choice. Windows only 
> > gives us a choice between bad and worse.
> > John
> 
> Hi John:
> 
> The good news about Metacity in this respect is that it seems to be much
> better for accessibility than the sawfish window manager (the current
> default), thanks largely to Havoc's unhesitant cooperation where
> accessibility is concerned.  So at least for the near term I think
> Metacity is the best accessibility choice for low-vision and blind users
> alike, and has few if any disadvantages for mobility-impaired users (it
> has better default keybindings, for instance, though sawfish is
> configurable in that respect).
> 
> So I think a built-in default of Metacity would pose no dsadvantages for
> accessibility at this time.  In any case, even if the "choice" of window
> managers is not explicitly offered to the user, there are means of
> changing the default that are available to knowledgeable users, admins,
> and script writers.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> -Bill
> 
> 
> 
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