Re: so, what now?

On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:54:31 +0200, M Rawash <[email protected]> wrote:

> now that tuomov has finally severed his last remaining connection with
> ion, what do we (committed ion users) do now?
>
> I spent the last few days committedly trying out other WMs, and i can
> say this with absolute certainty: there's nothing out there that's even
> comparable! (the closest thing i could find, in terms of
> what-you-can-do, was 'awesome', but it subscribes to a very different
> philosophy than ion's, and is kind of a mess)
>
> so, I need to hear some ideas about the future of this project (not
> simply suggestions for other WM's; i will NOT switch to anything that's
> currently on the market, and that's my final decision!), I do have a few
> ideas of my own, but i want to know what everybody else thinks; after
> all, I'm just new-comer compared to the majority of the remaining users
> here (been using Ion for only a few months now), I don't know anything
> about the community (or what's left of it), how it works, or how the
> author's actions affected it. so i think it's best of somebody else took
> the initiative and got this conversation going...
>
> regards,
> M Rawash
>

Well, ion is mostly stable and complete, but it does have some problems with certain software (java software particularly) and, if I've understood correctly, it's desirable to get better multihead support. It would be fun to see a graphic engine with support for icons/more control over individual tab colors too.

How many are familiar at all with the source? I've poked around quite a bit, and uses a slightly modified ion3-plus daily. I don't have much time in the nearest future however.

-- Ole Jørgen Brønner