Re: User Interface Suggestion: Snap to Edge of Desktop Items

[Elijah Newren <newren gmail com>]

Hi,

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:28:36 -0800, Shahms King <shahms shahms com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 09:19 -0800, Alan wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:09:32AM -0800, Shahms King wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 02:33 -0500, Joseph Zennario wrote:
> > > > I have a suggestion for the desktop for Gnome 2.10:
> > > >
> > > > It would be nice if the desktop could be organized by the ability to resize,
> > > > drag-and-drop, move desktop items (applications, etc.) and be able to move
> > > > them close to something (taskbar or another application) and it would snap
> > > > completely adjacent to the item with no extra space -- just like in KDE 3.3.
> > >
> > > Try holding 'Shift' while doing any of those things and watch the magic
> > > happen...
> >
> > What would the disadvantage of having this on all the time?  IE: have it
> > so that you hold the shift key to allow for free placement.
> 
> Howz about the "principle of least surprise".  Yeah, that's a good one.

This entire thread only affects Metacity so I see no reason to have
this topic discussed on d-d-l.

Thanks,
Elijah