lack of standardization on X11 (was Re: X Gesture Extension protocol - draft proposal v1)

[Patrick O'Donnell]

>From: Adam Jackson <ajax at nwnk.net>
>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:19:07 -0400
>
>On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 09:10 -0400, Patrick O'Donnell wrote:
>> It's kinda sad that "compositor managers or a browser" are propounded
>> as the paragons of "real and useful applications".
>
>The browser's been the only real application for a good ten years at
>least.  I realize this is a wild generalization but it's also completely
>true.

I guess I'm not sure, then, what qualifies as "real".