(Sorry for the dup Hynek...) On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 21:05 +0300, Hynek Hanke wrote: > I'm using 4 virtual desktops (if this is not the correct term, please > let me know) in my Gnome 2.14. When I start an application in one > desktop, it takes some time to start the application and in the > meantime, I switch to another desktop, the application will start > on that different desktop and I have to manually move it back.
Some apps get this right. Gedit, Gnome Terminal, etc. > This gets especially annoying if the application issues some dialogs > before it actually starts (like galeon after-crash dialog, which I see > quite regularly by the way) and the application doesn't appear, so > I have to go through my desktops and look for the lost dialog to click > ok... > > This is a bug. The application should appear where it was executed, not > on some random place determined by the time it takes to actually start > it, the power of my CPU, my action afterwards and other side-effects. It most certainly is a bug. > I'm posting it here since it is largely a usability bugin hope that > somebody with a better understanding of Gnome will fill it and push it > at the appropriate places. There's already infrastructure there to accomplish exactly what you are asking for. If you find a GNOME app that misbehaves, file a bug against it at http://bugzilla.gnome.org . Martin -- http://coiley.zapto.org/~martin _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
