Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:18:55 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE: What a monster! Message-ID: <20090128031855.1d32d79c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090127181509.66221353@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20090123191547.fd43d651.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <20090126150019.387d538b.freebsd@edvax.de> <92bcbda50901260702h503648b6gc5c17b1ae9f211e@mail.gmail.com> <200901270831.24856.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <1233039375.1202.24.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20090127160434.74f04bef@gumby.homeunix.com> <20090127174717.S18021@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090127181509.66221353@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:15:09 +0000, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > IMO these basic window managers are ok if you *only* use them via a > keyboard, but if you ever use a mouse they're very poor ergonomically. Well, I found this a problem, too, but very early recognized that there are window managers that can actually combine keyboard AND mouse control at a very user-friendly level. Such a window manager is WindowMaker. It can even utilize the keys on the left of a Sun Type 6 keyboard for window manager functions (front, back, roll up, hide, full- screen etc.) which "the big DEs" can't. What I don't like personally about "the big DEs" is their way of handling windows through the means of the mouse. You're forced to click on tiny buttons, and if you enlarge the control buttons, you end up with uselessly wasting screen space. In WindowMaker, there are many operations that don't force me to first move the mouse to a certain place and THEN do the operation I want. This makes windowing operations, especially in operations context, very fast and easily. So professional window managing isn't about minimalism only. There are other window managers that can provide effects and "bells and whistles" very efficiently, if you think you need them. But, of course, they're not "mainstream". -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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