01micko wrote:You'll have a hard time convincing BK. He is adhered to at least rox. WM is of a different matter, he has been known to use icewm and openbox.Volhout wrote:See, the world has changed, people notice, and don't want puppy to die .... they do see a future.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=88215
Maybe there is (in the end) sufficient leverage to lift puppy up. It may be an outdated term .... puppy becomes yuppie.....
Dear 01Micko,
I am sure a lot can be done with simple changes to the jwm/rox combo to improve, and actually I am so used to rox it's not bad at all. I do miss the tree view though. In this thread it sounds a bit like I propose to change simply everything. That is absolutely not true. There is a reason I use puppy. And I am only proposing to change where I see improvement possible. Mostly for "users". Maybe it is sufficient to embrace R-S-H's lazypup architecture to keep a small basic puppy, and have a set of SFS's dynalically loadable under desktop buttons (click first time takes a little longer since the sfs loads on the fly, but successive times are blazing fast). Maybe it is sufficient to restructure the menu so it has 2 modes. Expert mode shows as is. User mode shows only entries that are interesting for end users. There are so many idea's. I admire your desktop templates. I alway go to "minimal icons". Precise does not have that....
It is amazing that Barry favors JWM and there is no "desktop theme" tool. You configure JWM, then configure GTK, then assign a cursor type, then choose an icon theme. And if the developer (for Slacko that is you) has combinet a tasty set, you can create nice looking alternate desktop.
If we would keep JWM that could be somthing to improve. Have guys from the eye candy thread / my puppy is more gorgeous thread challenged to create the best JWM desktop, and collect the themes they come up with. Have these "selectable" in a new to make theme manager. Delete the individual tools, maybe in PPM as PET for the fun.
Not a zillion, just 3 or 4 would be sufficient (as long as one contains a guitar ... lol)
idea's idea's ..... plenty.
For good looks, I think macpup is a good example. Problem with macpup is that they have a good looking desktop, but once you open programs you fall back to the graphics of thos programs, and that is a large contrast sometimes (install Chromium in macpup, you will inherit the tabs from the chromium browser that heavily contrast the macpup themes).
Maybe we are in a better shape with JWM than with e17 to get homogene looks between the supported packages in the fat puppy. If users install external packages it is fine if they mismatch. But the ones that are standard in the fat release should.
- complete
- simple (less is better)
- attractive
- off topic- Another thing I am not sure JWM can do, is open every window maximized. Multiple windows would be on multiple desktops. This is very handy on smaller screens like a netbook.