Best i can tell, Xfce gets it right because by virtue of being short staffed they trust X to not screw up. KDE and Gnome would rather see X get out of the way a

Best i can tell, Xfce gets it right because by virtue of being short staffed they trust X to not screw up. KDE and Gnome would rather see X get out of the way and let them do their "magic". Sadly the latter people are now in control of "X" development, or perhaps i should say post-X development, thanks to Wayland.