Talk:Desktop Window Manager

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The Desktop Window Manager is a very interesting concept for most computer users who like graphical user interfaces with stunning views. And the DWM just offers that. Anyone with links for screenshots of some of the views can add them to this talk page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Annex (talk • contribs) .

[edit] XGL et al.

I'm finding it weird that XGL can have a reference to DWM, but DWM can't have a reference back to XGL. Why aren't XGL and Project Looking Glass considered relevent, but Mac OS X is?

Generally speaking, it's not good form to spend a good chunk of an article talking about what a subejct compares to, or to be a clearing-house of what other platforms offer. This article is sorely in need of more information on what the DWM -- a component of Vista -- actually is, and how it works. A section for XGL and Looking Glass doesn't contribute to the informational value of an article about the Vista DWM. The mention of Quartz isn't really all that great, either, but at least it's a point of reference that is familiar (and has been in a popular, shipping product for years). Ideally, all these different compositing engines would co-exist in a wikipedia Category, and we would have an article that generally describes the concept of DCE's as it applies equally to all platforms. We're not there yet, but it's going to have to come soon, given that every significant OS is going to have a DCE by default within a year's time, the way things are going. Warrens 21:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] XGL/Compiz

XGL isn't a window manager -- its a graphical system. Compiz is what handles windows in an xgl configuration. Fixed. --69.158.143.230 02:02, 15 August 2006 (UTC)