On 2005-11-10, Andreas Bernauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4 You don't want that resizing one window always implies resizing some > other window > > 5 You don't want that an application uses the whole screen but you > also don't know what to do with that little space left. Eg. I don't > want to read my browser in fullscreen mode because the lines get too > long and it is tedious to read them. However, I don't want my browser > to be so small that I can fit a terminal next to it. So I float the > browser over half of the terminal and bring to front the one I am > using at that moment. I heardly use both of them at the same time.
Floating splits were created for these two scenarios. Not all of them, but some. For example, I have browser on the left side of a floating split and terminals on the right side. Normal floating workspace are still useful, however, for apps that don't handle resizing to full screen size entirely, but should be almost full-screen, but not entirely in either direction. -- Tuomo
