There was a great article here a year ago perhaps that laid it all out... first time I understood myself. Unfortunately I can't find it now.
But the gist was basically that Walaynd devs built a good core and then decided they wouldn't do any of the integration work between graphics and window managers, etc. The article implied devs had bad experience with the monolithic X and wanted to break most features out to other folks.
Sounds reasonable but resulted in every window manager/desktop having to implement their own integration, with different designs. Which resulted in an inconsistent mess.
Things like screen sharing over Zoom, (which is taken for granted on the Big2 OSs) was impossible for a decade+ until someone else built bridges over gaping ravines of missing/prohibited functionality.
But the gist was basically that Walaynd devs built a good core and then decided they wouldn't do any of the integration work between graphics and window managers, etc. The article implied devs had bad experience with the monolithic X and wanted to break most features out to other folks.
Sounds reasonable but resulted in every window manager/desktop having to implement their own integration, with different designs. Which resulted in an inconsistent mess.
Things like screen sharing over Zoom, (which is taken for granted on the Big2 OSs) was impossible for a decade+ until someone else built bridges over gaping ravines of missing/prohibited functionality.
Found this thread that sort of supports the idea: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37349270