Has the Development of Window Managers Slowed?

al3x asks: "When I first got into Linux nearly five years ago, the new releases of competing window managers (like Blackbox, Enlightenment, Sawfish, etc.) were a constant thrill, and great strides were made with every release. I can't count the number of nights spent trying to get that sexy new E build to work, and what fun it was! But these days, window manager development seems to be stagnating. The last stable release of Enlightenment is from last year. Sawfish hasn't done much of anything in months, nor has Blackbox. WindowMaker had a recent update, but not with any exciting new features (it is rock solid, however). Now, verging from the paths of window manager favoritism or "they haven't been updated because they just work," why has development in this arena slowed to a crawl, and what's on the horizon?"

Re:E17

[grammar nazi]

The reason that Blackbox hasn't changed in a long time is because you can't improve upon perfection!. I'm not sure why work isn't being done on the other windows managers. They still have a long ways to go until they are more like Blackbox.

</joke, not flamebait>

Re:Why E has slowed

[Anonymous Coward]

Surely if they're unemployed, they have more time to work on open source projects? Or do they just spend all their time wallowing in a mire of self-pity.

Re:Why E has slowed

[cymen]

They just loose hope, fire up Windows and load PowerPoint to start a job presentation, and then get a deadly macro virus that kills their hard disk with the dreaded click of death hex code patch...

Seriously - whenever there is a problem just look to Microsoft for the cause.

[note: for the human impaired this is a joke, of course it may or may not be funny]

Windows product activation

[yerricde]

Whereas in windows i can change 3/4ths of my hardware and reboot and everything will work.

If you change 7 out of 10 key items in your new Windows computer, it'll boot all right, but only to the "Activate this product" menu; you'll have to call Microsoft (giving your caller id away) to be able to run anything.