On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 08:36, Leonardo Boiko wrote: > I'm installing a LTSP network in a small news agency. It's the > classical thin client setup; their machines can't run newer versions > of that popular OS and they're drowning under spam, viroses, etc. > > We're using Gnome 2.4 as UI and I must say I'm impressed. The system > is beautiful, intuitive, usable and well internationalized. However, > I have a major complaint about Metacity. > > I don't know about other countries, but in Brazil the most common > resolution is 800x600, followed by 640x480. GNU systems are > attractive for giving value to these old PCs. I understand the > reasons for keeping windows below the top border, but that makes the > WM unusable in our displays. Most dialog boxes have the buttons in > the bottom, and they stay off-screen. Since you can't move windows > up, you can't even see the buttons. > Just in case you are not aware you can autohide the top panel now, which could solve a large bit of your problem I may be wrong, but shouldn't the screen resize to 800x600 - have you checkked that you are not running a high virtual res in XF86Config? > It's a shame, because Metacity would be perfect for this environment. > I'll be forced to use Sawfish, and as much as I like it, I wouldn't > like to expose its complexity to the already confused users. > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
