On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 08:53:30PM -0300, Julio Andre Biason wrote:
> Ok, I know it's a bit earlier and I could send this message just to
> Brad or Jeff, but I would like to hear what some other BB users would
> think about some changes in BB:
>
> 1) A way to resize windows in all the borders: In the page, it says
> that BB is not "adorned for modeling the widely acclaimed NeXT
> interface" (yes, I know there is joke in there). But right now, BB is
> almost like NeXT. It would be nice more ways to resize windows than
> just with a bar. Something like using the window.frame to resize...
Use alt+rightclick. Brad thought about allowing all direction resizing
with the window fram back in .50.x I believe, but rejected the idea.
> 2) Edge resistance: ok, not everybody likes that, but is a lot easier
> to move/resize windows with this (if you don't know, edge resistance
> is something like XMMS does when near the edges of the screen: it will
> make some "resistance" to get out there). E, KWin and some others have
> this. It could be a compile time option.
No comment on this. I personally have no use for it.
> 3) Since the toolbar shows the minimized (iconified) windows, clicking
> (or double-clicking) the name of it in the toolbar could make it show.
> This will solve all that "I iconified my window and know I can't see
> it. Where it is?" :)
Something similar to this was the basis of the interface in .50.x. I
would not like to see Blackbox going backwards.
> 4) Some option in the themes (or even .blackboxrc) to make the window
> buttons (iconify, maximize, close) bigger than the font. It could be
> a %.
I don't see the point of this. Change the bevelwidth.
-artwiz
