On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 23:54, Rob Park wrote: > How can anybody presume to know what's best for me? The ideal solution > is always to let the user configure the software to their own liking. > This is the entire reason that I use Linux in the first place! If I > wanted some programmer somewhere to make unchangeable UI decisions for > me, I'd install Windows XP. I think the thing you're forgetting is that Metacity isn't inextricably linked to Gnome. When someone suggests "change window managers" they aren't suggesting you go over to KDE - they mean keep using Gnome but change window managers to one that acts how you want. Another list member noted that he moved to XFCE. Guess what - XFCE's window manager works just wonderfully in a Gnome environment. Kill Metacity, fire up xfwm and off you go with many more customization options. > > If you want to be able to customise things further, install a different > > window manager. > > GLADLY! *sigh* > > Sorry for my rant, please don't be offended, I'm just upset that your > goals seem to be restricting choice as much as possible. That's just absurd. The goals are to make the default installation of Gnome as clean and simple as possible, hence the decision to standardize on Metacity. An expert with other window handling preferences can easily switch out Metacity as I noted above. --Josh
