Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:52:41 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Darrin Chandler <dwchandler@stilyagin.com> Cc: Joel Adamson <trashbird1240@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Window Manager Recommendations Message-ID: <45023A89.5040108@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20060909034653.GT27121@zloy.stilyagin.com> References: <20060909024946.92342.qmail@web50403.mail.yahoo.com> <20060909034653.GT27121@zloy.stilyagin.com>
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Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 07:49:46PM -0700, Joel Adamson wrote: >> I am switching over my desktop system to FreeBSD soon and want to choose a nice window manager. One of the more annoying things I want to get away from in Microsoft Windows is focus-shifting: I'll be typing along in one place, then a webpage will finish loading, the window focus shifts, I keep typing and execute a bunch of commands in the new window (chosen by Windows, rather than by me, who would be content to keep typing and go to the webpage when I'm good and ready). >> >> In general I'd prefer a window manager that avoids these sorts of things (i.e., only does what I ask it to). > > If that's really a major goal then look into ion3 or ratpoison. I've > been using ion3 for quite a while now and I'm happy. > > (you probably won't like it, though, coming from Windows) > I prefer XFCE4 Darrin - if possible, could you provide screenshots? -- Best regards, Chris Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
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