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Window Maker 0.95.8 released

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Re: Window Maker 0.95.8 released

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Post by michel-slm »

Feeling nostalgic ... Window Maker was my window manager of choice per year (up to the GNOME 1 days when it was still easy to run gnome-panel on top of WM).

The NeXTSTEP way in which menus can be triggered by right-clicking is really usable - I only wish it's possible to attach the app menu bar as well. The global menu bar approach of macOS and GNOME can feel a bit ridiculous on large displays.

Re: Window Maker 0.95.8 released

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Post by bcrescimanno »

michel-slm wrote: post #2

Feeling nostalgic ... Window Maker was my window manager of choice per year (up to the GNOME 1 days when it was still easy to run gnome-panel on top of WM). The NeXTSTEP way in which menus can be triggered by right-clicking is really usable - I only wish it's possible to attach the app menu bar as well. The global menu bar approach of macOS and GNOME can feel a bit ridiculous on large displays.

> I only wish it's possible to attach the app menu bar as well. The global menu bar approach of macOS and GNOME can feel a bit ridiculous on large displays.

I personally disagree. It's still highly relevant to be able to "slam" the pointer upward to always land on the menu bar.

Re: Window Maker 0.95.8 released

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Post by pjmlp »

Nice to know they still keep developing it.

Window Maker became my favourite window manager around 1997, after trying out the majority of them since I installed Slackware 2.0 for the first time.

I kept on using it until around 2006, when I switched back to Windows as my main desktop.

Back the in day I had a nice collection of mini apples, pity that GNUStep never came to be fully integrated with it.

Nowadays my GNU/Linux VMs run Ubuntu/Unity, I guess I will have to try WM again. :)

Re: Window Maker 0.95.8 released

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Post by digi_owl »

michel-slm wrote: post #2

Feeling nostalgic ... Window Maker was my window manager of choice per year (up to the GNOME 1 days when it was still easy to run gnome-panel on top of WM). The NeXTSTEP way in which menus can be triggered by right-clicking is really usable - I only wish it's possible to attach the app menu bar as well. The global menu bar approach of macOS and GNOME can feel a bit ridiculous on large displays.

> (up to the GNOME 1 days when it was still easy to run gnome-panel on top of WM)

One more thing to mourn the loss of with Wayland i guess...

Re: Window Maker 0.95.8 released

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Post by msie »

badminton1 wrote: post #5

Window Maker is great, inspired on NeXTSTEP. On Windows there is LiteStep which is free and fully customizable. Makes Windows more palatable.

Wow! I've been looking for a Windows 10 explorer replacement for some time. Thanks! Wishes for a return to Windows 95/Windows 2000 server UI...

Re: Window Maker 0.95.8 released

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Post by preid24 »

digi_owl wrote: post #7
badminton1 wrote: post #5

Window Maker is great, inspired on NeXTSTEP. On Windows there is LiteStep which is free and fully customizable. Makes Windows more palatable.

But then Windows was never really designed to handle anything but explorer.exe as its "WM".

That's my worry with Wayland. Everything will be designed around GNOME and KDE and it will be difficult to run "alternative" WMs.
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