On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:14:32 +0200 Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
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(B> On Sunday, 13 __February 2005 21:01, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
(B> > On Sunday 13 February 2005 05:02 am, Oded Arbel wrote:
(B> > > Most "noob" oriented window managers have this feature but it is
(B> > > disabled by default. KDE at least has a feature that edge flipping
(B> > > (they call it "Active Borders") is enabled only when dragging
(B> > > windows,
(B> >
(B> > In kde 3.3.2 there is also "always enabled", and it works fine. kde
(B> > not guilty. It's gnome.
(B> >
(B> > AFAIK metacity doesn't do edge-flipping so to get it with gnome you
(B> > start enlightenment when in gnome and save-configuration when you
(B> > leave gnome. I agree that they've lost their minds.
(B>
(B> That's GNOME for you - "let not give the users the ability to resize
(B> their windows - it will only confuse them. If you are a power user,
(B> then use regedit^H^H^H^H^H^Hgconf-editor to change settings"
(B
(Bi do have to say that has become a sad direction for gnome and imho it is
(Bsomething we want to fix with E - give you a nice desktop thats fairly lean and
(Bfast (sure others are leaner... but the prettiness comes at a cost), and give
(Byou all the options - even if they are on an advanced tab/dialog... but they are
(Bthere. no editing of obscure files or registries etc. right now we dont have the
(Btools - but the plan is to have them all.
(B
(B> > > but this is too disabled by default and only accesible under
(B> > > an "Advanced" section of the configuration.
(B> >
(B> > It's all there and easily accessable, unless they've taken it out
(B> > since 3.3.2. The trick is to know what "active border" means.
(B>
(B> The "what's this" is pretty helpful. the problem is that you have to
(B> click on the icon labeled "Advanced" in order to get to that specific
(B> configuration dialog - something most users won't do if their life
(B> depended on it :-(
(B
(Bbetter in advanced than not there at all! :) i think its a good way to divide it
(B- the scared/novice users just wont touch advanced. too bad for them - they need
(Bto get more adventurous and confident, but the adventurous or confident... have
(Bit there at a few clicks off.
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