Alexis Lee <alexis@turton.com> writes:

As am I, I would merely suggest blackbox over E on non-decent computers. And E has those extra features that make things a bit comfier than blackbox. [...]

I still don't understand why non-hackers like E so much. Surely the only attraction is that you can write a bit of code to totally change the user interface and force you to re-learn it all? Then again, if the interface is the best possible one at the start, there would be no need to rewrite it... configurability is a poor substitute for a good design. I'm currently using a very simple window management setup. Windows just have a bar along their top edge, which contains the title. You grab it with the left button to move them, click with the middle to shade the window, or the left to sink the window behind all others. There's a box at the right-hand end. A left click minimises, middle resizes the window and right destroys it. There is a small panel at the bottom, mostly like a task bar, but with up/down buttons to flip desktops and edge buttons to hide it. There is a small corner panel at top-left, containing icons to start programs, although I'm likely to get rid of that and start using an Apps folder again soon. This is done with sapphire and rox... both devel lists are regular love-ins and you can find both at sourceforge.