it's been talked about in the ML, it's a usability issue, it shouldn't be placed there afaik.
KKRT On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 07:43:59PM +0200, tonighx wrote: > I should have asked when it happened, but I don't know exactly when it > happened, and it was not worth investigating... > > why have you removed the "steal DP" from the right click menu? > I used it very often. > > 2007/5/19, Youness Alaoui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 12:29:17PM +0300, Vivia Nikolaidou wrote: > > > On Sat, 19 May 2007, Youness Alaoui wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 11:45:45AM +0300, Vivia Nikolaidou wrote: > > > > > > > > > Now, about keeping the old behavior - I guess we should, right?... > > > > > However, this can't be reproduced with just the show/hide buttons... > > > > > and > > > > > we need a right-click menu or something? > > > > > > > > yes, added as an option. > > > > what do you mean "this can't be reproduced with just the show/hide > > > > buttons" ? you mean, to be able to switch back and forth between the old > > > > and new behavior ? > > > > > > Yes, exactly. :) > > > > > > > If that's what you mean,then don't worry, at first, I was about to > > > > completely drop the old behavior, but then I decided not to disappoint > > > > anyone (all the yelling will come back to haunt me anyways) so I put it > > > > as an advanced option. You'll find it as the last option in the > > > > 'appearance' section of the advanced prefs. > > > > > > Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou :D THAT was a wise choice :D Anyway, I'd > > > probably bring back the old behavior somewhere even if you had dropped it! > > > :p > > > > np > > > > > > > > I just thought that maybe we could have a little arrow on top of the upper > > > DP frame that would mean to send it to the bottom frame and turn into the > > > old behavior, and another arrow there to turn into the new behavior. I > > > don't know if this is clear enough. Anyway, if it works the way it is now, > > > we can keep it like this and avoid complications :D > > > > > > > Yeah, I get exactly what you mean, I don't think it would be intuitive > > though, especially for newcomers who > > never saw the 'old behavior'... + it's too complicated :p in any case, if > > we wanted to really support both > > behaviors, we would have kept DDP as a plugin, but we merged it into core > > because we think that it's better like > > that, noone will complain, it's a good behavior, simple for everyone and > > the 'smart choice' for everyone. so we > > shouldn't provide means for people not to use that behavior. > > > > > > about right click menu, I think it should stay simple, no 'show/hide' or > > > > 'old behavior' options there! all there is now is : > > > > 1 - the lower frame : Change DP > > > > 2 - the top frame : change DP size of user > > > > > > Perfect (imho) :) Just that there's no "Change DP" option with the old > > > behavior. But that's not a problem. > > > > > > > yeah, and I added it especially because if I didn't, then the popup menu > > would be empty, so I had to put > > something there, and I thought that 'change dp' would fit in there real > > good. > > > > btw, you know I commited right ? you updated? tested? what u think ? still > > don't like it and want to revert to > > old behavior ? anyways, try to keep it as it is now at least until 0.97 > > final, this way we get more people to > > test it and try and find bugs with it. after 0.97 final release, you can > > use old behavior if you want. > > going to bed now, so if you answer, I'll read it tomorrow. > > (applies to everyone) if anything needs to be done, then do it, 'cause I > > can't do it while I'm sleeping, and > > 0.97RC1 WILL be released today! > > > > > Viv > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > control of your XML. 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