xfce version 3 vs. 4 : missing features?

[Bob Marcan]

Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> Ok, this is the only mail I'm going to send as reply to this post and
> similar comments. It's not to you personally, but to all posters who
> were implying any kind of ill will on our part.
> 
> Op zo 28-09-2003, om 23:30 schreef Rich Shepard:
> ...
> 
>>  My point is that some of us don't understand why the "old", "classic"
>>(gag!) or whatever you call it way of doing things cannot be retained in a
>>new version. Olivier and the other developers are extremely clever coders
>>and I'm sure it would not cost too many more bytes to offer us these
>>options.
>>
> 
> 
> Well, you're wrong, and I find it rather presumptuous to imply that it
> would be easy for us to give all of you what you want. We have limited
> time and limited resources and we try to spend them as effictively as
> possible. Flexibility and features take a lot of time to write and a lot
> more to maintain. Already parts of our modules are less well maintained
> because of this. 
> 
> We are just trying to do what's best for the project to keep it
> extendible and maintainable. We make mistakes, we try to correct them.
> We try to listen to arguments for or against features and then decide to
> implement them or not, or something similar.
> 
> Naturally, we will sooner implement something that we want to use
> ourselves or features that we like ourselves. But we do try to make xfce
> an environment that is easy to work with for everyone.
> 
> We welcome all suggestions and bug reports, but please try to keep the
> tone of the messages possitive and please don't imply that our choices
> force anything on you. 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 	Jasper
> 
> 
> 
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Maybe i didn't read the xfce4 announcement properly.
As i understand now:
This is the new version of xfce, based on xfce3, without compatibility.
Features we like, will be implemented.
If you want old features, implement it. Will be accepted?
Hard to believe, it will clash with the new standard.
If you don't like it, use something else.

I will.
Olivier, tnx for the xfce3, it is a real pearl.

Regards, Bob

P.S.
In my opinion the xfce4 is a gnome clone.
I'll read this mail list further to see which way will this thing go.

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