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To: darren@wisecorp.co.uk, 9fans@9fans.net
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 08:47:55 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] UI design | enhancements.
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> Hey folks,
>
> I rarely post in-fact maybe my second ever, I was wondering if anyone
> else or a group of us could work towards some window manager UI
> modifications to appear more attractive in some form from the current
> interface appearing in comparison to dwm(on other Nix forks) to a more
> usable friendly interface like gnome, KDE and the like.

I don't think this would fit well on plan 9. There's room for improvement
in what exists,  but I think large and complex environments are liabilities.

It's not something I'd be interested in using.

> I'm just throwing the idea about really, I've not had much time at all
> with Plan9 but from just my bare basic usage I can already see a great
> future for Plan9 as a whole. As I say what with commitments currently
> the last few years I could be way out of my depth and experience even
> mentioning this and don't mind getting flamed a little.

If you want this, you're going to need to write the code.

In general, ideas are cheap, and people are unlikely to pitch in until
they see where you're going. And specifically, people already know where
to go if they want KDE or Gnome.