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MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk wrote:
GNUMail - two windows (I have the folder browser open),
In normal use of GNUMail I found that I needed 5 windows open to do what I leave mutt sitting in the background for... [...]
Doesn't sound like normal use to me, but YMMV.
Apparently you don't filter mail, much, then... or compose things, or quickly need to get to a different index, or actually do anything useful? Hmm, as you say, YMMV :P
GNUstep apps have a tendency to open lots of windows when you need to do things, very similar to how GIMP does, I'm not saying it's wrong, [...]
GIMP is not a GNUstep app and doesn't behave much like one.
OK - that's fair, GIMP actually works, so that's a step up. It's similar in the way that nearly everything is it's own seperate little window, though... I'm waiting for them to decide that the tools in the tool box should all be there own independant windows...
I use GNUstep pretty much whenever I'm using X and apps don't usually need many windows open for work. There is a way to work with its user interface instead of against it, but that applies to woodwork tools as much as computer applications.
Yes, agreed, GNUstep has to be worked with, and if you're using just GNUstep apps, and don't persistantly think "oh, I better close that window now", you suddenly end up with a desktop with 6 billion windows spread across it, and the one you're looking for is buried in the stack somewhere... Also, there's not really a true GNUstep window manager that works yet...
You're a Mac user at heart, aren't you?
- -- Brett Parker web: http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ email: iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk