Re: error in the gnome release notes

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 23:05 -0800, Ryan Paul wrote:
> I recently noticed an error in the GNOME 2.14 release notes, and it has
> been bothering me. I'm not exactly sure if this is the right place to
> bring it up, but I'd like somebody to correct it.
> 
> On the page titled What's New For Users
> (http://www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/en/rnusers.html), in the Improved
> Window Manager section, it says:
> 
> "Window edges now have a magnetic attraction, making it possible to
> 'click' windows together." 
> 
> AFAIK, this is wrong. Metacity now has window edge *resistance* not
> window edge *attraction* and I think that the difference is definitely
> significant enough to justify fixing the notes. Windows don't snap
> together, they resist movement when being moved past each other. It may
> seem like a subtle difference, but there are some disgruntled sawfish
> users out there that might decide whether or not to use Metacity in 2.14
> entirely on the basis of that distinction.
> 
> Sorry for nitpicking! ;-)

All right, now I feel bad.  I did a very late proof
read of the release notes, and I noticed that as well,
but I thought picking on it might be too, well, picky.
Particularly because I figured most people could get
the gist of what "window magnetism" is, while "window
edge resistance" or the like could easy conjure up
other ideas of what's going on.

Now that somebody actually noticed that error, I think
I really failed to be a good technical reviewer.  (Now,
to assuage my guilt somewhat, lots of geeks were poring
over that document with technical reviews.  I was mostly
trying to do a language review.)

--
Shaun