-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alan Cox wrote: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 03:01:35PM -0400, Emily Brantley wrote: > >>Does the "best-fit" window placement algorithm annoy anyone else ? > > > And the window handling, the lack of panel overlap prevention, the > poor handling of oversized windows and ... ;) Oof, that's bad, but I run into those on a daily basis. >>possible all the way up in the top-left corner. Placing windows >>perfectly atop one another seems broken. > > > People have tried different algorithms - including under the mouse. Early > wm's often stuck the new window to the mouse so you placed it yourself. > Try a few window managers and see > I've always been partial to cascading windows. Or randomized placement. Just ANY place but right on top of the last window. I'm not the only one to notice this sort of thing. http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2005/04/11/ubuntu (item 38) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCzEFgglUG+5Qgd5MRAjofAJ9oKxveeHKvHE7Nd+i6ft8a8XDesQCfcsVE cNbYEZRPQ2ZSxt9XXNjMdP8= =lQuD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
