Re: Outline of Caliban, a Pane Based Window Manager

El Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:32:25PM +1000, Karl O'Keeffe escribió:
> Hi All,
Hi
> The main (and probably most controversial) point is that windows are 
> all displayed full screen by default, and that there will be no 
> minimise/maximise/move/resize commands needed.
> 
> To enable comparisons between documents, a system whereby the screen 
> can be split into two or four panes is used.

hmmm, It sounds like ion
http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~toumov/ion/

> Obviously this is only a rough outline of my ideas (due to time 
> constraints I'm afraid). I haven't had time to merge in any of the 
> points raised in the discussion of QCS either. Please try not to nit 
> pick the details, they are likely to change, but other than that feel 
> free to rip the ideas apart :)
> 
Caliban is not for everyone (not for me, at least, i think) but it is
important to have alternatives for the users, especially people that
seek light graphical enviroments like fluxbox, ion, etc... but no
customisation could be a problem because people like to work in a
personalized enviroments, with different focus models, menu positions,
etc. ... every personal space is a world ... good default settings
should reduce the "problem" you describe.

btw, sorry, my english is not excellent as you can see, but i hope you
understand me the ideas :) 

best regards,
-- 
Elías Torres Arroyo
http://www.eie.ucr.ac.cr/elias
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