Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com&gt; writes: I believe Jan is referring to the growing number of people who want to have their window manager and applications explode violently at their eyes. This includes oh-so-useful things like a 'transparent' xterm... the text is drawn over what would be the desktop background at that position. And I don't think it does anything cool like use shaped windows, but actually queries the root window for information every time you move the xterm, etc. And of course no application is complete until it can do such things. Sort of like jamies (? or was he just quoting someone else?) assertion that all programs eventually evolve the ability to read and send email. -Bill P.