NovaWM is quite a different WM. Fluxbox
of course is a fork of blackbox and NovaWM
is 100% written from scratch.
I have never used or seen fluxbox and I have
not ran blackbox for many years and it was
different at the time. There are countless differences.
The bar is the way it is because it suits my needs
and is out of the way(It is smaller than blackbox's).
The look of NovaWM was not influenced by anything
else and if some other WM does happen to have
a similar look then it is purely a coisident(At least
I hope it is). NovaWM presents a window list
in a different and more convient way that I haven't
seen another WM use and runs faster.
NovaWM is going to be much more flexible
and hopefully offer more features.
I also doubt blackbox or fluxbox does lowered
titlebar text :). Also I have been considering
more that has not been introduced to NovaWM
yet. NovaWM will have a desktop pager
and I do plan to add more extensions.
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can anyone tell me what makes this project diferent from blackbox and fluxbox? (beside testing the X/WM programing skills 8)
even the screenshots look alike blackbox with a blue theme
this is not a flame nor flamebait, but i feel i missunderstand this new WM
thanks
higuita
NovaWM is quite a different WM. Fluxbox
of course is a fork of blackbox and NovaWM
is 100% written from scratch.
I have never used or seen fluxbox and I have
not ran blackbox for many years and it was
different at the time. There are countless differences.
The bar is the way it is because it suits my needs
and is out of the way(It is smaller than blackbox's).
The look of NovaWM was not influenced by anything
else and if some other WM does happen to have
a similar look then it is purely a coisident(At least
I hope it is). NovaWM presents a window list
in a different and more convient way that I haven't
seen another WM use and runs faster.
NovaWM is going to be much more flexible
and hopefully offer more features.
I also doubt blackbox or fluxbox does lowered
titlebar text :). Also I have been considering
more that has not been introduced to NovaWM
yet. NovaWM will have a desktop pager
and I do plan to add more extensions.
Is it true that Cuba is now adopting this as their official desktop environment?