> Sofar I'm pretty happy with Linux, except for X Window. I haven't found one > window manager which makes it easy for a user to put a shortcut on the > desktop or in the application menu. I talk mainly about shortcuts for > Netscape and WP. > > Sofar I've used fvwm95, icewm, qvwm and windowmaker, with the latter having > the nicest look, alas being also the least straight forward. > > If I use my standard rule for Win95 software (if I can't understand the > basics of a program within 15 minutes I'll throw it off my computer) then I > would have thrown off X Window already a long time ago. I suspect I am > making a fundamental mistake about the usage of X and window managers, so > could some of you shed a light on this for me? > > Hans > hmm... normally I have a keyboard shortcut to xexec or something, and just type 'netscape' :) alot faster than grabbin' for the mouse...
but i saw a package named gicon in the slink distro, haven't tried it yet, but it claims it can place funny little shortcut-iconey-thingies in the root windows (or desktop if you prefer). Try it... Jack :)
