Re: A Violent Realisation [Was: Preferences]

[Federico Mena Quintero <federico ximian com>]

On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 02:45, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 20:50, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> > Edge flipping when you are not dragging a window is crackrock.  It means
> > that you cannot shove the mouse to a corner to get it away from your
> > typing.
> 
> No it's not crackrock. To be able to reach a determinate point in my
> desk, I do not need to drag a book with me so I can look/work in another
> side of my desk.

I don't think a physical anology is appropriate here.

My main argument against edge flipping when not dragging a window is
that it reduces visual stability of the whole desktop.  You are not
pressing any buttons or keys, you are just moving the mouse --- why
should all your windows disappear?

I don't think it is a bad feature per se; just that it should be
configurable only in a l33tToys package or directly with something like
gconftool.

  Federico