Re: [tlug] Managing Windows

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Viktor" == Viktor Pavlenko <vvp@example.com> writes:

    SJT> Nonsense.  Those are deliberate design decisions.

    Viktor> Deliberate design decisions??

    Viktor> What about frames of C++ Visual Studio

That's not an implementation of the Motif/Presentation Manager/CDE/
CUA/Aqua guidelines.  I'm talking about the standard interface that
you get in most simple apps, mostly enforced by the window manager or
standard library APIs.

I'm not trying to defend individual apps, and especially not those
that deliberately violate platform conventions (eg, on the Mac the
Word scrollbars ignore the setting that determines whether a click in
the trough jumps by pages, or to an approximate percentage of the
document size---they always jump by pages).

    Viktor> Motif is ancient. Not sure about new Macs. At least this
    Viktor> behavior should be configurable for those who need it.

It is.  Just pop in your choice of Linux CD.

I dunno about configuring the Mac, I can live with the Mac interface
except for X apps.  Since I want to promote XEmacs use on the Mac, I'm
learning to live with the default except where I absolutely can't
stand it.

    Viktor> That's why they are going to loose :)

Heh.  Lose market share, yes.  Lose money, not any time soon.


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