On Wed, Nov 19, 2003, Jay [EMAIL PROTECTED], invoked powers within the internet realm, to proclaim ...
>>Using AppleScripts and QuicKeys, I'm able to workaround PowerMail's >>constantly changing window positions without having to reach for the >>mouse. I've had to create similar workarounds for other applications to >>position and resize windows where I want them instead of where the >>program puts them. > >Here is where I am MOST confused. You refer to "PowerMail's constantly >changing window positions", but isn't it Cheshirekat who keeps changing >the window positions? Aren't those windows in new positions because of >the USER and not because of PowerMail? > >When I open a PowerMail window, I want it to open in a location of my >choosing, and that's what PowerMail empowers me to do. The point is that I might move a window to a position and size that is appropriate for that particular moment, but don't expect the program to default to that temporary usage. Moving one window for a few moments should not be a command to change the default window position. You are right, it's not a problem that is specific to PowerMail - other apps annoy me with this as well. When I have time, and if the program allows it, I create AppleScripts to make the annoyances a little less annoying. I have some programs that allow me to set the default window size and position for new documents and I REALLY appreciate this preference/ setting. When I manually move one window it is nice to know that my default preferences have not been sabotaged by a momentary need for a different size and position because the next new document will open in the preferred location. For instance, there may be times when I need to open three messages at once. So I position the windows tiled one under another and only about two inches high to compare specific pieces of text. When I'm done, I close the windows and get back to my regular routine. But, within PM, new windows are now set two inches high and at the bottom of the screen because the last window I closed was at the bottom of the screen, so I now have to resize the window and close it so PM will default to that size. I see this frequently in web browsers (Safari included) after a page's Javascript creates a tiny window - when I select a new URL, it is displayed in that tiny 3x3 window and I then have to use an AppleScript to set the window to where I want it. PM's window management might work for some, but for others, it would be nice to have an option to lock in a default window size and position. cheshirekat
