How can anybody presume to know what's best for me?
Nobody does. That's why you can replace the window manager!
The ideal solution is always to let the user configure the software to their own liking.
You can.
GNOME compliant window managers: http://www.windowmaker.org/ http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/ (partial, whatever that means) http://www.icewm.org/ http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/