Comments on: Always did like NeXTStep https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2007/07/30/always-did-like-nextstep/ A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jean-Michel https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2007/07/30/always-did-like-nextstep/comment-page-1/#comment-13730 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:46:58 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/index.php/2007/07/30/2354.html#comment-13730 From the screenshot, a window cannot go outside the edges of the screen : “Period.”
I remember on Amiga that this was not a good thing. User could rearange as HE wants.

And why deactivated windows have no close and resize widget ? To oblige the user to one more click, and perhaps modify its desktop view ?

I think the author would better give orders in the army :)

]]> By: Gergo Szakal https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2007/07/30/always-did-like-nextstep/comment-page-1/#comment-13702 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:49:34 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/index.php/2007/07/30/2354.html#comment-13702 Here is a site with screenshots:
http://www.linuxzone.cz/index.phtml?ids=3&idc=1271

I tried SymphonyOS but it is unusable yet.

]]> By: justin https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2007/07/30/always-did-like-nextstep/comment-page-1/#comment-13700 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:48:09 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/index.php/2007/07/30/2354.html#comment-13700 Mezzo appears interesting in concept, but I can’t even find a decent screenshot of the darn thing.

For some reason, I keep returning to Windowmaker. I tried XFCE, and it is nice, but it wasn’t doing me any good other than more setup time.

]]> By: Gergo Szakal https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2007/07/30/always-did-like-nextstep/comment-page-1/#comment-13699 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:30:50 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/index.php/2007/07/30/2354.html#comment-13699 IMHO the most promising FOSS DE attempt is Mezzo in my opinion. It looks unique, fresh and usable. Nobody needs another Windows/OSX ripoff.
The most usable opensource DE for me is Xfce, though, but it is slowly getting a sibling of GNOME. :(
This is not trollism, just free/open source desktop OSes (the ‘we-wanna-dominate-teh-planet one) want to be like these two, just better. They should be unique instead and show something new.

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