Re: FVWM: Re: "active focus" applications (MetaCard)

From: Tom Varga <tvarga_at_lsil.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:11:59 -0400

> Your confusion was undoubtedly due to the situation where you've got
> multiple xterm windows open, since the opposite problem occurs when
> you've got a modern GUI application (and by that I mean one that uses
> dialogs and palettes). It's still amazing to me that people who work
> primarily with the "stone age" version of GUI technology (xterms) have
> the nerve to stand up and say that pointer focus is superior and
> should be the default. My whole point is that given the choice, most
> people want true GUI applications instead of command-line tools, and
> that these applications work better with explicit focus. A point that
> no one has provided a defensible argument against.
>
> If we can't do any better than xterms as a primary work environment,
> the X market is going to continue its slide toward oblivion because
> people just won't bother with it when there are GUI systems that give
> them everything they want and need without having to use a
> command-line interface.

Show me a real high-tech power user, be him/her a programmer or engineer, and
you'll see a person who barely uses the mouse. Command-lines, programs,
scripts and aliases will always be MUCH faster than some bozo clicking around
with a mouse pushing buttons. That's why xterms are wonderful.

With that said, this is all just religion. I won't change mine and I'm certain
nobody else will change theirs. So, let's just provide all possible
functionality and let the users choose ... even if their wrong. :)

-Tom
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Received on Wed Oct 23 1996 - 16:12:28 BST

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