This is *exactly* what my proposal intends to achieve (assuming it can actually be implemented).
On 27 May 2010 19:23, Kristoffer Lundén <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible for the window manager (or some other mechanism that it can > communicate with) to know if I am interacting with a window at the moment > (defined as typing, clicking, moving etc within a certain time I guess, that > would needed to be tested out)? > If so, I would simply like for windows to come out on top only if I'm not > interacting with any other window, and flash the URGENT signal otherwise. > That, if possible, would cover almost all of my "problems" with raised > windows, such as just now when I was typing this and a pidgin window > appeared on top, or when launching a slowish app and moving on to do > something else in the meantime, but would also get that slowish app on top > if I launch it and then wait for it because I don't have anything better to > do (and fast launching apps would also come on top because my last > interaction was launching it, no time to switch to something else). > / Kristoffer > > 2010/5/27 Conscious User <[email protected]> >> >> > I've proposed a solution (from a user experience point of view) that >> > prevents focus-stealing while also keeping window-opening predictable: >> > >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/67476/comments/16 >> > >> > 2. When a new window appears, it should appear immediately behind the >> > focused window (even if the focused window isn't frontmost). If no >> > window is focused, the new window should open frontmost and focused. >> >> I'm not sure if I agree with this one. I dedicate some workspaces to >> a single fullscreen app (ex: firefox), and I never bother to peek at >> the taskbar of those workspaces because nothing else is supposed to >> be there. The suggestion above would make alert windows appear >> behind firefox and stay there for a long time before me noticing. >> >> That's the main reason I dislike the current behavior of the update >> manager window. :) >> >> I personally think a better approach would be something like the >> morphing things suggested in the notification guidelines: in >> front, without focus and translucid. Wherever you were typing, >> you can keep typing. >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines#morphing >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
