I'm tending to agree for the mass's at least, for me CDE was and still is a great desktop, least for somebody who just wants to pull up lots of terminals and ha

I'm tending to agree for the mass's at least, for me CDE was and still is a great desktop, least for somebody who just wants to pull up lots of terminals and have multi-desktop panels - just works. Simple, basic and sure lacks eye candy beyond Xeye's but then I own a lava lamp. Yes mass basic users like their eye candy, and the diversity which is a strength in many area's is equally a weakness when it comes to desktops. GUI's and the overhead add so much in complications to code that if they keep changing then they tend to get ignored or badly utilized and that gives the user a mixed half-baked experience. This and they tend to be the epitome of feature-creep.