Altering the OSX GUI to be more like ion...

gjarold · Nov 22, 2009, 05:59 PM

I don't think this will be very well received here, but it answered some of the questions I was asking in this forum a year or so ago ...

http://blog.kozubik.com/john_kozubik...-like-ion.html

Might be useful to someone else.

Riemann Zeta · 11:44 AM

To each his own, I suppose. But if someone wanted a window manager without any windowing controls (eliminating the need for a mouse), wouldn't it make more sense to just run a regular unix shell? That would give keyboard-only (text-based) control with an ultra-light footprint, for servers and whatnot. Are there any text-only shells that offer "multiple desktops" (switching between active shells with a keyboard combo), like Spaces, but for shells only?

Jason Beck · Nov 23, 2009, 11:49 AM

I miss bitchX

mrchinchilla · Nov 23, 2009, 02:31 PM

SizeUp is quite a good application. I use it quite often if I have a lot of things to do at once and don't feel like using Spaces. I don't usually, if ever, like tiling WMs, though.

Nov 22, 2009, 05:59 PM	#1
gjarold macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2007	Altering the OSX GUI to be more like ion... I don't think this will be very well received here, but it answered some of the questions I was asking in this forum a year or so ago ... http://blog.kozubik.com/john_kozubik...-like-ion.html Might be useful to someone else.

Nov 23, 2009, 11:39 AM	#2
Riemann Zeta macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2008	To each his own, I suppose. But if someone wanted a window manager without any windowing controls (eliminating the need for a mouse), wouldn't it make more sense to just run a regular unix shell? That would give keyboard-only (text-based) control with an ultra-light footprint, for servers and whatnot. Are there any text-only shells that offer "multiple desktops" (switching between active shells with a keyboard combo), like Spaces, but for shells only? Last edited by Riemann Zeta : Nov 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM.

Nov 23, 2009, 11:49 AM	#3
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Nov 23, 2009, 02:31 PM	#4
mrchinchilla macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 목포, Korea Rep.	SizeUp is quite a good application. I use it quite often if I have a lot of things to do at once and don't feel like using Spaces. I don't usually, if ever, like tiling WMs, though. __________________ MacBook 2.1GHz 4GB RAM 120GB Internal HDD, 1TB external HDD PowerMac G4 Dual 1.25GHz 2GB RAM PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 2GB RAM 8gb iPod Nano

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