Hi,
2009/8/26 Thomas Friedrich
I agree, please don't mess up the Xmonad-Core. I like Xmonad because its so different to any other WM.. simple, clean, elegant, customizable, and did I mention clean?
Same here. I really think that telling people about tiling is a good idea, and having a more "beginner friendly" branch like bluetile is also a good thing. I'm not sure how to put it without sounding rude or arrogant, but I like xmonad because of the reasons Thomas stated above, which, for me, includes (or rather means) the absence of "beginner friendly" features.
From my point of view there are many window managers that deal with "beginner friendly" features. Extending xmonads default configuration in this way would mean that it's "just another WM". It all comes down to packaging anyway. There are some cool configurations in the Wiki, why not create a package xmonad-gnome or xmonad-kde for example? I've to disagree with Gwern here: A normal user who doesn't know about xmonad probably doesn't want it. So in case someone selects xmonad as his window manager of choice, there should at least be some basic knowledge of xmonad and the way it deals with windows.
Christian