From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 9 03:56:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA07355 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 03:55:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA07137 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 03:55:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 17272 invoked by uid 1001); 9 Feb 1999 11:48:05 -0000 Message-ID: <19990209114805.17271.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 21:48:04 +1000 From: Greg Black To: Gunnar Flygt Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: WindowMaker References: <19990208174308.13039.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> <19990208214218.C5258@sr.se> In-reply-to: <19990208214218.C5258@sr.se> of Mon, 08 Feb 1999 21:42:18 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > The updated port for Window Maker has been submitted for more than a week > > > but no one has committed it - dig through GNATS to find it. > > > > I'd be interested to know if the update has any significant new > > features and/or altered functionality or if it's just some bug > > fixes. I had a look at the version on the 2.2.8 CDs and thought > > it was pleasant enough but fatally flawed for my customers > > because of the clumsy method for navigating between desktops. > > Has that been improved? > > I don't think Alt-1, Alt-2 to get to desktop 1 and 2 is so very clumsy. It's a matter of opinion. My customers think it's clumsy. Therefore, as far as I am concerned, it is. > It's the first good implementation of desktop walking with the keyboard > I've found. There are other window managers in the ports collection that use simple key strokes to navigate around their desktops. But, as I said, my customers want to do it with a simple mouse click -- it is a GUI, after all, and for them that means a mouse click. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message