On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 14:43, Philipp Wendler <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello, > > Am 23.06.2010 09:20, schrieb Vishnoo: > > > I'v never found the need to resize firefox& evolution [always >> maximized] or the various prefs dialogue windows[which have the right >> size]. >> > > Don't forget that there are users that do not always maximize their > windows. This will be even more common in the future, because it doesn't > make sense to maximize firefox etc. on a 24" screen. The only application I > ever maximize on such a screen is Eclipse. 24" ? good point there! on my 10" i maximize everything except for Contact List, which i expect to be an indicator menu at some point, hopefully. > > > Rarely resize certain windows - eg: nautilus,xchat,liferea,terminal. >> These remember the last size I had set them to and they open in the same >> size[seems to be the case with almost every application in the default >> install]. Which I rarely adjust more than once. The most common action I >> do with them is maximize. >> > > I often resize terminals, editors and evince and arrange them so that I can > view all of them, for example when looking at a manual or a paper, doing > something on the command line and writing some text about it. > would resizing in a grid not help with all this? It would be easier to snap application windows to each other this way. It would also make resizing faster in general as far as i can imagine. > So window resizing is IMHO an important action[...] > +1
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