Herouth Maoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I never use multiple desktops and I don't understand why anyone would > need to.
See below ;-) > The key to work with multiple windows belonging to multiple > applications is to be able to quickly switch from one to the other - > preferably with one click. Why would anyone need to click just to bring a window into focus? I never do that. Whenever I bring the mouse cursos into a window it will come into focus. I know Windows doesn't have auto-raise (well, Windows GUI is basically unusable, anyway, though it still has the market share :), I don't know if Mac does. > We are talking about minimized windows. Those minimize down to the > dock. Then, when you travel over the minimized windows in the dock, > you can get the image a little bigger so it shows you a preview of > the window, so to speak. Why do you minimize windows at all? I never need to minimize a window. As a matter of fact, I practically never use the panel (in KDE). It is hidden 99.99% of the time, and only appears when I want to click on one of the launch buttons (e.g. for another xterm) that I put there, maybe a few times a day... > Those guys at Apple found a way both to save screen realestate and to > leave us with enough visual feedback to be able to pick the window we > want. Why is there a shortage of screen real estate in the first place? Ah, no virtual desktops... The point here is that the argument is kinda pointless. We are all creatures of habit to some extent, and we get used to and comfortable with the tools of trade we use every day. You apparently use and like Macs, and you are trying to use KDE or whatever in a similar fashion, and find it wanting. I, on the other hand, am used to virtual desktops and auto-raise, and I am not used to minimizing windows or clicking on a window to bring it forward. And when I am stuck with a GUI that does not have the features I am used to, I will say something like "X rules, Foo sucks." So, when someone says that the "magnifying glass" is so cool and useful, I can understand that in theoretical terms because it remains a magical mystery to me how Windows users can pick the right icon to click on their panel when they need a particular window. It does not impress me though, because "I never minimize windows and I don't understand why anyone would need to." ;-) [sorry, Herouth, couldn't resist...] -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
