Re: Metacity behavior when moving windows

[mike <mike redtux demon co uk>]

On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 08:36, Leonardo Boiko wrote:
> I'm installing a LTSP network in a small news agency.  It's the
> classical thin client setup; their machines can't run newer versions
> of that popular OS and they're drowning under spam, viroses, etc.
> 
> We're using Gnome 2.4 as UI and I must say I'm impressed.  The system
> is beautiful, intuitive, usable and well internationalized.  However,
> I have a major complaint about Metacity.
> 
> I don't know about other countries, but in Brazil the most common
> resolution is 800x600, followed by 640x480.  GNU systems are
> attractive for giving value to these old PCs.  I understand the
> reasons for keeping windows below the top border, but that makes the
> WM unusable in our displays.  Most dialog boxes have the buttons in
> the bottom, and they stay off-screen.  Since you can't move windows
> up, you can't even see the buttons.
> 

Just in case you are not aware you can autohide the top panel now, which
could solve a large bit of your problem

I may be wrong, but shouldn't the screen resize to 800x600 - have you
checkked that you are not running a high virtual res in XF86Config?

> It's a shame, because Metacity would be perfect for this environment.
> I'll be forced to use Sawfish, and as much as I like it, I wouldn't
> like to expose its complexity to the already confused users.
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