newbie: wm troubles

[Egon Eckert]

Hi,

I tried to switch to xfce to get rid of the Gnome bloat. :)

Everything went really fine and I started enjoying the new-and-shiny
fast-and-usable desktop...  Unfortunately, I couldn't resolve this:
window maximizing in xfwm4 hides the panel.

When trying sawfish instead (which has the maximize-fill-toggle
functions, that do not hide other windows, including the panel), I was
unable to get workspace switching right.  Clicking in the switcher did
select the workspace, but also did somehow "move" all windows based on
the exact pixel-position of the click, as if I would move the (0,0)
origin of the desktop with the click.

The OS is i386 Debian Linux (Sarge) with many xfce4-*.deb installed,
versions 4.0.5-1 to 4.0.6-1 (xfwm4 is 4.0.5-1).

Any helpful ideas?

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Egon Eckert, Heaven Industries, s.r.o.
E-mail: egon at heaven.industries.cz

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the
ark; professionals built the Titanic. -- Anonymous