Hallo Sander, * Sander van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-19 16:09]: > On 4/19/06, Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is it more consistent if the bahviour is changing > > depending on if this tag already exists somewhere or not? > > Since I suggested this change to Anselm, let me clarify this: > - the dependence of the behavior on the existence of the tag is > inconsistent, and was unintended. > - the change itself (switching to the view the client is sent to) is > more consistent because focus stays on the client too when you send it > to another area, or you make it floating (so keeping the client > focussed when sending it to another view too would make it so that > focus always stays on the client when you send it somewhere). > > I overlooked an important difference when suggesting this change > though: a client can only be in one area (per view) at a time, but it > can be in multiple views; hence, it is not clear what view to pick > when retagging a client with something like "aap+noot"; should view > "aap" or "noot" be picked here? > Hence, it is already decided that the old behavior (keeping the > current view) will be restored. Even though this will slightly > decrease consistency, it will improve predictability (and has the nice > side-effect of being able to startup clients in the background through > rules).
Ok fine. Maybe you are right then about the consistency but from usability view this side-effect is a great feature. Regards Nico -- Nico Golde - JAB: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GPG: 0x73647CFF http://www.ngolde.de | http://www.muttng.org | http://grml.org Forget about that mouse with 3/4/5 buttons - gimme a keyboard with 103/104/105 keys!
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