Re: Window managers // was Re: [Alug] Website
Alexis Lee <alexis@turton.com> writes:
I still don't understand why non-hackers like E so much. Surely the Wash your mouth out.
Now let's see: spend CPU on making pretty pictures or spend CPU on doing useful stuff... I know which I choose. E is bad for the environment, using all that extra electricity on machines that would otherwise have idle time. ;-)
But the point is that nothing is perfect for everyone (arguably anyone). So the best one can do is to supply a good design, then give people the tools to turn it into their private utopia.
What E itself does is provide essentially no interface design, though. It's not even a good starting point. People still have the tools anyway...
MJ Ray wrote:
Now let's see: spend CPU on making pretty pictures or spend CPU on doing useful stuff... I know which I choose. E is bad for the environment, using all that extra electricity on machines that would otherwise have idle time. ;-)
While I see your point, and mostly agree with it, I can understand that some people who spend a lot of time at their conputer may be of the opinion that it may as well be a nice environment to look at, right? Why do people decorate their houses? I have a highly bizarre-looking KDE1/E combo on my laptop (to make people wonder what it is when I'm on a train, heh heh!) but a nice fresh-looking KDE2 style for my main work box, which makes a nice balance between eye candy and functional. Works for me... As for spare CPU cycles, I thought everyone was running seti@home these days.. ;) Jo -- <>-- jo mitchell --------icq#104771112 ----------<> http://deskdemon.com | http://futurshox.net Linux-powered! | mobile: +44 7974 219809 <>-----------------------------------------------<>
jo@yee-ha.demon.co.uk wrote:
MJ Ray wrote:
Now let's see: spend CPU on making pretty pictures or spend CPU on doing useful stuff... I know which I choose. E is bad for the environment, using all that extra electricity on machines that would otherwise have idle time. ;-)
While I see your point, and mostly agree with it, I can understand that some people who spend a lot of time at their conputer may be of the opinion that it may as well be a nice environment to look at, right? Why do people decorate their houses?
Exactly. Since I spend 9-5 then generally go home and turn my own on (worrying I know, g/f hasn't left me yet), an excessively minimalist or dark environment would seriously and probably psychopathically effect me. Thus the pink. Although I am getting tired of it.
As for spare CPU cycles, I thought everyone was running seti@home these days.. ;)
There's another one to which there might actually be a point. Protein folding @ home or something. Distributed.net's OGM project is also more worthwhile. Alexis -- need.. more.. sigs..
two people I know very well use TWM, and FVWM (not even FVWM2!)... and they refuse to use anything else!!! mad if you ask me.. Sz MJ Ray wrote:
Alexis Lee <alexis@turton.com> writes:
I still don't understand why non-hackers like E so much. Surely the Wash your mouth out.
Now let's see: spend CPU on making pretty pictures or spend CPU on doing useful stuff... I know which I choose. E is bad for the environment, using all that extra electricity on machines that would otherwise have idle time. ;-)
But the point is that nothing is perfect for everyone (arguably anyone). So the best one can do is to supply a good design, then give people the tools to turn it into their private utopia.
What E itself does is provide essentially no interface design, though. It's not even a good starting point.
People still have the tools anyway...
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