Comments on: This is not Gnome

By: Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: February 27th, 2009 - Part 1

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:56:31 +0000

[...] is not Gnome < http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/25… [...]

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:24:26 +0000

If I can get a wireless adapter for an abacus, I can put Crux on it.

By: thealphanerd

thealphanerd — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:44:23 +0000

This is GNOME!
Madness…
THIS IS JWM!

By: skralljt

skralljt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:53:02 +0000

Hey how long until you downgrade to an abacus?

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:11:17 +0000

Meh. Looks nice, but it’s not as usable as Gnome or IceWM for one simple reason: JWM has had a complete lack of attention paid to Fitt’s Law.

Fitt’s Law is a common usability principle which states that the larger a target something is, the easier it is to click. Because you can’t move your mouse past the very edges and corners of the screen, those areas are infinite in size, and some of the easiest places to click.

This is why it’s an EPIC FAIL to have a toolbar against the edge of the screen, but force the user to have to move the mouse pointer up a few pixels to click a button.

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:22:52 +0000

Hmm. I have to be honest, my reaction is just “meh.” Rounded corners — JWM or otherwise — don’t spark my interest.

By: Byaryoga

Byaryoga — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:04:36 +0000

Hi. You might consider Patriot’s work on Puppy Linux forum.

Here’s the thread http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=273262#273262

By: zmjjmz

zmjjmz — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:43:02 +0000

@Mark: But it would be trivial to replicate that in GNOME.

chris4585 and I are working on a distro (maybe not Ubuntu based, it’s giving us issues) that implements this configuration.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:20:47 +0000

I can tell its not Gnome. The three menu bar buttons don’t have borders in Gnome.