Re: [e-users] Virtual Desktops

[Oded A. <od...@ty...>]

On Sunday, 13 =D7=91February 2005 21:01, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> On Sunday 13 February 2005 05:02 am, Oded Arbel wrote:
> > Most "noob" oriented window managers have this feature but it is
> > disabled by default. KDE at least has a feature that edge flipping
> > (they call it "Active Borders") is enabled only when dragging
> > windows,
>
> In kde 3.3.2 there is also "always enabled", and it works fine.  kde
> not guilty.  It's gnome.
>
> AFAIK metacity doesn't do edge-flipping so to get it with gnome you
> start enlightenment when in gnome and save-configuration when you
> leave gnome.  I agree that they've lost their minds.

That's GNOME for you - "let not give the users the ability to resize=20
their windows - it will only confuse them. If you are a power user,=20
then use regedit^H^H^H^H^H^Hgconf-editor to change settings"

> > but this is too disabled by default and only accesible under
> > an "Advanced" section of the configuration.
>
> It's all there and easily accessable, unless they've taken it out
> since 3.3.2.  The trick is to know what "active border" means.=20

The "what's this" is pretty helpful. the problem is that you have to=20
click on the icon labeled "Advanced" in order to get to that specific=20
configuration dialog - something most users won't do if their life=20
depended on it :-(

=2D-=20
Oded

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