On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:39:29PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Can someone explain why every window manager makes a special case > for menus parked in unusual places or via odd mouse clicks but > they all understand icons on the desktop or in folders? Why The window manager I usually use doesn't have this "icons on the desktop" thing. > don't we just park an 'applications' folder on the desktop > with appropriate launchers and subfolders and have it work > in all window managers the same way without special menu editor > mechanisms or ways that you don't already know to navigate? Which ways do and don't I already know? Are they better or worse than the ones you know and don't? -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>