Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2011-12-22 Thread The Fiddler
2011/12/22 u-foka ta...@eisenberger.hu Maybe the best would be a configurable size for the hidden grab area :) Currently it's difficult to change, how I seen the size is hardcoded into the theme right? But is this really necessary? Three options: - review feedback and pick a sensible

Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2011-12-21 Thread The Fiddler
2011/12/21 John Lea 160...@bugs.launchpad.net @jan-bakuwel-gmail; in what way is the current Ubuntu window resizing behaviour different from the Microsoft window resizing behaviour? In both Windows and Ubuntu we have several px on the left, right and bottom of the windows that is dragable,

Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2011-12-21 Thread The Fiddler
2011/12/21 John Lea 160...@bugs.launchpad.net @stapostol; thanks for your response, I've marked the bug as also affects unity2d. Re. the sizing of the dragable area, in WindowsXP the dragable area is 5px (but it may well be larger in Windows 7). So yes the size could be increased, but 5px

[Bug 811689] Re: gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

2011-09-25 Thread The Fiddler
I can confirm the issue with gnome-shell. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/811689 Title: gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() To manage

Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2011-08-21 Thread The Fiddler
2011/8/21 RussianNeuroMancer 160...@bugs.launchpad.net Now it's again issue in Oneiric. In both unity and unity2d. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 Title:

Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2011-08-21 Thread The Fiddler
2011/8/21 Sam Spilsbury smspil...@gmail.com Invisible borders are not implemented in unity-2d Are they technically infeasible or could they be implemented with some effort? If so, where should they be implemented? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2011-02-14 Thread The Fiddler
#245: Our experience is indeed different. I simply cannot make the pointer appear using a trackpad. It often takes me upwards of 5'' to find the correct pixel. Funnily enough, I've had four separate Ubuntu users comment on this behavior independently, just during the last week. I'm glad to see

Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult [please no more comments; patches welcome]

2011-01-24 Thread The Fiddler
2011/1/24 Neilen Marais launch...@chatsubo.lagged.za.net I think a good modification to the invisible drag handle proposal would be to rather use resize border resistance. This is a solution that won't require more than 1 px of UI space to work well. How I envisage it working is: 1) keep

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-09-04 Thread The Fiddler
This is still a bug in 10.10 beta-1, unbelievable! Who must we bribe to fix this bug? Or at least review the patch I posted four months ago? Excuse me for the tone but this is pretty basic stuff. The bug has been reported, patches proposed, what else does it take? -- Resizing windows by

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-09-04 Thread The Fiddler
Agree ith MichaƂ. Additionally, the bottom-left corner does not offer an enlarged resize grip. The current Maverick approach feels rather awkward: ~8x8 resize grips on three out of four corners and 1px resize grips on window edges. Contrast with Dust theme, which may be ugly but gets the

Re: [Bug 558327] Re: Window close button is clickable anywhere in the corner

2010-07-23 Thread The Fiddler
Personally speaking, I cannot think of any application that will destroy data if you accidentally hit the close button. They will either prompt you whether you wish to save first (OpenOffice, Gimp, Gedit, Evolution, the scan app, ...) or they will be able to resume from where you left (Firefox,

Re: [Bug 558327] Re: Window close button is clickable anywhere in the corner

2010-07-23 Thread The Fiddler
Why would you click above or to the side of the close button on a maximized window, if not by mistake? What would you expect to happen in that case? 2010/7/23 David Stansby dstan...@gmail.com For me the problem isn't too easy to close. If I press the close button I expect the window to

Re: [Bug 558327] Re: Window close button is clickable anywhere in the corner

2010-07-23 Thread The Fiddler
Of course it makes sense to have different behavior when the window is maximized. The use case is completely different. Anyway, this is not a forum so I'm bailing out. 2010/7/23 David Stansby dstan...@gmail.com I wouldn't in that case, but I would when my window wasn't maximized, and it

Re: [Bug 558327] Re: Window close button is clickable anywhere in the corner

2010-07-22 Thread The Fiddler
I am afraid you are slightly mistaken. In the default configuration, you used to be able to throw the mouse to the right edge of the screen and only aim vertically for the close button. While this is more difficult than throwing the mouse to the corner, it is significantly easier than aiming a

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-06-20 Thread The Fiddler
I wouldn't call a thicker border less beautiful. In fact, I have tried increasing the border size in the Ambiance theme and quite like the result from both an aesthetic and a usability standpoint. (The only downside is a minor artifact around the menus, but I'm sure an official solution would be

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-05-07 Thread The Fiddler
I won't be working on this patch anymore, as I consider it good enough for my needs. If someone familiar with metacity theming wishes to take a look, check the attached image for the artifacts caused by the aforementioned patch: in short, the area left of the File menu should be dark instead of

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-05-06 Thread The Fiddler
Please don't let this workaround dilute the need for a real solution. It is very awkward to perform on laptops touchpads, where you have to press alt+ left click + right click + move a finger on the touchpad surface at the same time. -- Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-05-01 Thread The Fiddler
This bug has become unbelievably frustrating in Lucid/Radiance/Ambiance, to the point where I have edited the theme definition to increase border size from 1 to 5 (diff attached). Yes, this introduces visual glitches, but glitches are vastly preferable to not being able to resize windows using a

[Bug 558327] Re: Window close button is clickable anywhere in the corner

2010-05-01 Thread The Fiddler
One possible compromise is to enable infinite width only for maximized windows. This is very useful for us with touchpads. Attached patch implements infinite width and height for maximized windows. ** Patch added: Implement infinite width/height for maximized windows.

[Bug 508632] Re: Toggle button for Nautilus location field gone

2010-03-24 Thread The Fiddler
The issue with Ctrl-L is that *it is not a toggle*. Once you enter text mode, you cannot press Ctrl-L again to move back to button mode. Yes, this was a very useful feature: enter text mode to navigate to some distant path, then go back to buttons when you reach that. A common use case: 1. say

[Bug 537286] [NEW] Very slow login after disabling gnome-panel

2010-03-11 Thread The Fiddler
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel System information: Karmic amd64, 2.5GB RAM, Intel 80GB SSD, Nvidia binary drivers (195.36.08). Users of 3rd party docks, like AWN, docky or cairo-dock, frequently disable gnome-panel completely. Unfortunately, this results in a strange bug,

[Bug 537286] Re: Very slow login after disabling gnome-panel

2010-03-11 Thread The Fiddler
Thanks for the prompt reply, I can confirm that the issue disappears after uninstalling xsplash. -- Very slow login after disabling gnome-panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537286 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 478219] Re: libgtk1.2 missing on karmic

2009-12-29 Thread The Fiddler
I've also managed a similar solution on amd64, by unpacking the jaunty packages with dpkg -x and manually copying then files to /usr/lib. (This is very evil and I wouldn't recommend it in the general case.) -- libgtk1.2 missing on karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478219 You received this

[Bug 478219] Re: libgtk1.2 missing on karmic

2009-12-28 Thread The Fiddler
This issue prevents me from installing my printer drivers. Are there any known workarounds? -- libgtk1.2 missing on karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+1.2 in ubuntu. --

[Bug 400888] Re: Extreme Memory Leak in gnome-panel

2009-09-04 Thread The Fiddler
I am also experiencing this issue (Jaunty amd64, 2.5GB of RAM *without* swap file as I am running from a USB stick). Memory consumption after 2 days is 138MB and growing. I have my panel set to autohide, which *might* have something to do with the issue. -- Extreme Memory Leak in gnome-panel

[Bug 190227] Re: ia32 apps look for libs on the wrong place

2009-07-21 Thread The Fiddler
/usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so was removed from ia32-libs for some reason I can confirm this - anyone knows why? -- ia32 apps look for libs on the wrong place https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190227 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 54024] Re: WIN key SUPER_L should be mapped to Applications menu

2009-06-25 Thread The Fiddler
On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 21:27 +, Sam Stenvall wrote: Currently I have it set up so that when I press the Super key, all windows are minimized. This is ONLY because it is not possible to create a keyboard shortcut like Super+D (which would be the Windows equivalent to minimizing all windows

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-23 Thread The Fiddler
Most rookie users I know, rename files by right clicking and selecting 'rename' (both on WIndows and on Ubuntu). More savvy ones press F2. The click, wait, then click again pattern falls somewhere in between - I personally find it annoying and avoid it (hence like Gnome), but others swear by it.

[Bug 54024] Re: WIN key SUPER_L should be mapped to Applications menu

2009-06-23 Thread The Fiddler
Right now, is there a way to map Super_L to open the application menu *and* be usable in two-key shortcuts (e.g. Super_L+D to minimize windows), *without* modifying source code? If so, it would make sense to make this default in Ubuntu. -- WIN key SUPER_L should be mapped to Applications menu