On 03/27/2006 12:48:20 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Willem Riede wrote: > > > > So there are different use cases, and at least an option will allow people to > > select the behavior that best fits them. FWIW I'm not convinced the ideal > > algorithm has been discovered, or is even possible, as if you ask me to > > define when I want a new window to come up with focus and when not, the > > answer is "that depends on what I want to do with it"... > > Amen. Whether you want something to start focused or not depends 100% on > what you want to do with it *at that moment*. With browsers this is easy: > just open up stuff in new tabs as you encounter interesting links, and > then process the tabs eventually. The computer could never, ever know > whether I want to read that link immediately or later so the decision has > to be mine. Simple enough, left-click or middle-click. > > Maybe this is just a crack idea from a caffeine deprived mind but what if > left click meaned start with focus and middle click start without focus? > It's kinda similar to the open in new tab-case from browsers and I think > that concept has already shown it works and isn't beyond the grasp of the > so called "average use" either ;) I like it. But it doesn't cover the case of guis started from a terminal. Perhaps there if I type "application" it gets focus and if I type "application &" (which implies I want to be able to do other things in the terminal) it doesn't? Regards, Willem Riede. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
