[openbox] Images in the menu

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Tero Grundström wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Mark Gjøl wrote:
>
>> Brett Campbell wrote:
>>> this is a JACKED up thread.  anyone who _wants_ icons in their ob menu
>>> _should_ be using kde.
>>
>> Or IceWM (which apparently have a smaller memory imprint than
>> openbox)...
>
> I wanted to like Openbox but then I discovered Icewm which
>
> 1. is more actively developed
> 2. has alot more features
> 3. is more configurable
> 4. consumes less memory (!)
> 5. is almost as fast
> 6. has no need for external panels/taskbars that don't integrate very well
> with the WM anyway
>
> Currently I can think only one reason to use OB - it can be made look
> a bit better than Icewm.
>
>> I'm installing programs for students at a university, and
>> one of the things I'm installing is a couple of window managers, so they
>> can choose (CDE, KDE, Gnome, IceWM, Openbox). I just thought it would be
>> nice for openbox also to have icons, so images in the menus was
>> consistent over all choices, personally I don't care. Openbox is my
>> favorite wm, and I like it just as it is - and I don't use the menus.
>
> Well yes, there definately is "that" something in OB, and that's why I
> like it too. But if I consider that list above and actual usability, Icewm
> wins hands down.
>
>
> PS. I really hate the "send your patches" and other elitistic comments
> that seems to plague this list...

Bloody sod off then.

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Mikael Magnusson