Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!gancarz From: gancarz@decvax.UUCP (Mike Gancarz) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Okay, you X'ers, how the he... Message-ID: <78@decvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 29-May-87 17:15:23 EDT Article-I.D.: decvax.78 Posted: Fri May 29 17:15:23 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 31-May-87 09:45:23 EDT References: <5840003@wdl1.UUCP> Reply-To: gancarz@decvax.UUCP (Mike Gancarz) Followup-To: /tmp/X0 Distribution: world Organization: Ultrix Engineering Group, Digital Equipment Corp. Lines: 11 Keywords: uwm, menuwm, window manager In article <> bob@ohio-state.arpa (Bob Sutterfield) writes: > > Perhaps the defaults are the way they are (usable but >unexciting), to encourage people to really *think* about they way they >want their window manager to feel? You're pretty close. Part of the reason for making the defaults so boring was to encourage you to try something more interesting on your own. The other part of the reason was to avoid overwhelming the novice user. --Mike