On 1/31/06, Ian Burrell <ianburrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > I much prefer the new behavior. I used to always have trouble typing > going into the wrong window when a new application started while I was > typing into another. No more sending the root password over IM. > Personally, I think apps should show above but never ever take focus. > I am pretty sure apps can say that their modal dialogs should show > above and get focus so they don't end up hidden. > > This is the upstream behavior of metacity 2.10. I don't think there > is a gconf key to customzie the behavior. You could use a different > window manager which can be customized. I think kwin, the KDE window > manager, allows focus stealing prevention to be customized. This is exactly the sort of thing that drives me nuts with Gnome. The Ximian HIG/usability folks come up with some whacko default and then make it impossible for users to work around it. Who is it who decided to change this Metacity behavior? I cannot believe that this is going to be a usability benefit for most users. Argh! This may drive me back to KDE again. Miles -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list