Personally, I've used WindowMaker since the early '00s, and I'm still sticking to it.
As a power user, I find its customization abilities extremely helpful. Also, I like that it's sticking to what it does best -- window management -- without eating up most of my CPU and GPU resources and bloating my memory.
That's great news, keep up the good work!
10 years ago I built a custom piece of furniture for my home PC. Well, the basic flaw was that the mouse position was somehow uncomfortable. At the time I was using twm as a window manager, and took advantage of using different shortcuts to focus directly on each of the terminals I had opened (like F1 for the first terminal, F2 for the second, etc). That solved the mouse problem.
10 years after that, I still mostly ignore my mouse (although it's definitely more approachable) and speed-change between at least 4 terminals with the F keys... A lot of modern window managers have kept up support for shortcuts, but I'm sticking with WindowMaker, which has the additional perk of not bloating the system beyond redemption.
Some of my coworkers have got jealous of that, but discovered their own way: Konsole can open multiple virtual terminals, and you can hop directly on them using specific shortcuts.
This cannot happen. Once something is published, nobody can claim a patent on it at a later date...
Even for the authors to apply for a patent, the application has to predate the publication.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium#Occurrence_and_production:
Nearly all helium on Earth is a result of radioactive decay. The decay product is primarily found in minerals of uranium and thorium, including cleveites, pitchblende, carnotite, monazite and beryl, because they emit alpha particles, which consist of helium nuclei (He2+) to which electrons readily combine. In this way an estimated 3.4 litres of helium per year are generated per cubic kilometer of the Earth's crust.
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Personally, I've used WindowMaker since the early '00s, and I'm still sticking to it. As a power user, I find its customization abilities extremely helpful. Also, I like that it's sticking to what it does best -- window management -- without eating up most of my CPU and GPU resources and bloating my memory. That's great news, keep up the good work!
Oblig xkcd: http://xkcd.com/924
^L clears your screen.
10 years ago I built a custom piece of furniture for my home PC. Well, the basic flaw was that the mouse position was somehow uncomfortable. At the time I was using twm as a window manager, and took advantage of using different shortcuts to focus directly on each of the terminals I had opened (like F1 for the first terminal, F2 for the second, etc). That solved the mouse problem.
10 years after that, I still mostly ignore my mouse (although it's definitely more approachable) and speed-change between at least 4 terminals with the F keys... A lot of modern window managers have kept up support for shortcuts, but I'm sticking with WindowMaker, which has the additional perk of not bloating the system beyond redemption.
Some of my coworkers have got jealous of that, but discovered their own way: Konsole can open multiple virtual terminals, and you can hop directly on them using specific shortcuts.
Nice catch, I didn't know that one...
However, the fact that they've published is stopping anybody else than the authors (like a patent troll) to file for a patent, right?
This cannot happen. Once something is published, nobody can claim a patent on it at a later date... Even for the authors to apply for a patent, the application has to predate the publication.