[aklug] Re: xmonad

From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
Date: Tue Apr 12 2011 - 08:35:39 AKDT

On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Jim Gribbin wrote:

> Probably before your time, sonny ;-), but Windows started out as a
> "tiling" desktop. The tiling concept didn't go over very well. 640 x 480
> screens were all the rage then and you can't get many tiles on that size
> screen, not large enough tiles to be useful anyway.
>
> I think W95 was the first one w/ your "floating" windows.

Uh, no, that's not true. I can personally vouch for Windows going back to
Windows/286 that it wasn't a "tiling" desktop. And the limited resolutions
are exactly why: tiling desktops weren't truly useful until the higher
resolutions. Even Windows 3.1, which allowed tiling of *sub* windows within
an MDI application still managed all main application windows strictly as
floating windows.

It's important to differentiate between a true "tiling window manager" and a
normal wm that allows you to tile floating windows. They're not the same
thing.

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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