On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 07:43 -0700, Rob Adams wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:36 +0200, Maciej Katafiasz wrote: > > Nope. I myself used it to enable windows shading (absolutely essential), > > and to change special modifier to WinKey instead of Alt. And I know > > people who use it to enable focus-follows-mouse. So as you can see, all > > the 3 settings make perfect sense. > > I'm sure that there exist people who use the settings. But these are > all legacy modes, present only so people can set metacity to use legacy > behaviors they might be "used to" from ancient history. Things like > focus-follows-mouse and window shading. > > (window shading only makes sense when you have a retarded window > switcher like the one in mac OS <=9, and focus-follows-mouse is just > silly really, despite the fact that I use it :-) ).
Could we please avoid calling people's desktops retarded? Window shading is an insanely useful tool. Window lists are an exercise in hunt-and-peck. I already know exactly where my window is on the desktop; why should I try to figure out where it is in some list as well? When I need to get a window out of the way, I can just shade it, do whatever I need, and restore it. I don't have to go hunting through some arcane list to find my window again. I never lost it; it's right there where I left it. "Minimizing only makes sense when you have a retarded window switcher like the one in Windows >= 95." I'm not just used to window shading. I honestly think it's a better interaction than minimizing. Minimizing disrupts the workflow and forces users to scan a horizontal list. Shading is completely non-desctructive. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
