On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 04:36:57 +1000 David Seikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had an idea about how to make the window remembering stuff more user > friendly. In the remember menu, there are many "Match by x" options. > I suggest that it would be helpful to add the actual value used for > the match to the text of these menu options, so they would become > "Match by x : y". Where if x=Class, y would be the actual class of > the window for instance. > > Most don't know anything about the internal workings of X, and would > have no idea about what Window name, class, role, type, or transient > status even mean, let alone how to find out what they are for a > particular window. Window title is different, as that is shown in the > title bar, but I think it should be added to the menu like the others > for consistency. > > My suggestion would put the information right where the user needs it. > It would also go a long way to solving the "I set remember for my > email client, but I don't want the remembered settings applying to > it's configuration window and address book." problems. Now that the remember dialog is out. I will raise this again. It would help usability if the actual window name and class was printed in the dialog next to the Window name and class checkbox, the actual window title was printed next to the Title checkbok, and the same for Window type and Transience. It would probably also be useful to do the same with the lower half of the dialog, print the widows position next to the Position checkbox, etc. The basic remember dialog might want to mention desktop, although I suspect that is included in Position. I haven't had a chance to put this new dialog through it's paces yet, but it seems to be working fine.
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