On 11/17/09 23:16, clipka wrote:
> Ah, while we're ranting anyway...
>
> Why the **** does /no/ graphical user interface provide a way to
> rearrange the running programs in taskbar?! I mean, that shouldn't be
> /too/ difficult to implement, right?

	After having used my current WM for over 5 years now, I have to ask: 
Why do y'all need a taskbar anyway?

	Seriously.

	I have many windows open, I don't need the taskbar. My Alt-Tab behavior 
is good and fast enough (and with virtual desktops, I rarely have more 
than 2 windows open in the same desktop - unless I'm doing image 
processing or something).

	When I minimize, I get a nice mini-screenshot of the window at the 
bottom of the screen. Makes it really easy to select it. With my current 
settings, I can't move them around. I could enable a setting that lets 
me move the minimized icon anywhere on the screen, so in principle I 
could rearrange (roughly infinite degrees of freedom).

	Of course, this whole minimized icon relies on the fact that I have no 
icons on my desktop. Which brings me to the next question:

	Why do people have icons on their desktop? I guess if you want to have 
access to some file *really* fast, it's convenient. However, if I go 
down that road, the whole desktop is full inside of one month. I've been 
doing fine with an iconless desktop for all these years now.

-- 
I didn't know my husband drank until one day he came home sober.

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