Window managers alternatives (was Re: [svlug] StarOFfice to be GPL'd...)

[Rob Walker]

>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:10:34 -0700, J C Lawrence <claw at kanga.nu>
>>>>> said:

jc> On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 16:54:45 -0700 kmself <kmself at ix.netcom.com>
jc> wrote:

jc> One thing I find curious: With the exception of Enlightenment, it
jc> seems that none of the "new" rash of window managers supports a
jc> page that provides an overview of the virtual desktop pages (so
jc> you can see what's on them), yet most of the older window
jc> managers, eg FVWM, explicitly support overview pagers.  Why the
jc> difference?  (aside: Gnome appears to support this as a third
jc> party app in relation to the WM, but that's not what I'm talking
jc> about, especially for the non-Gnome window managers).

kde's wm supports this feature.

rob