xfce version 3 vs. 4 : missing features?

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Net Llama! wrote:

> No, its just not there.  I miss it too.  I'm sure that someone will tell
> you how you can configure the left mouse button to double click for
> (un)shading, but its still not the same functionality.

  Changes are made between versions that remove features liked by many (but,
not necessarily all). The release of version 3.8.18 removed the 3D-look to
window buttons with the rounded-end title bar. Pick one; can't have both.

  It's unfortunate that "improvements" cannot be offered as user-configuable
options rather than hard-wired into the code. Then each of us could
configure the look-and-feel (has anyone patented that term yet?) and
functioning to his/her preferred way of working. And each of us could have a
different configuration.

  I've been using xfce for many years now (I can't remember just how many or
with which version I started). The dropping of features (or change, if you
prefer) is my only complaint. I've no idea why it's done this way, but it
would have been nice to have a different philosophy for feature shifts.

Rich

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