Re: Window Resizing in GNOME Shell

[William Jon McCann <william jon mccann gmail com>]

Hi Mark,

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Mark Curtis <merkinman hotmail com> wrote:
>
>
>> From: craftjml gmail com
>> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:38:28 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Window Resizing in GNOME Shell
>> To: merkinman hotmail com
>> CC: gnome-shell-list gnome org
>>
>> > Rather than just copying off Windows 7, why not come up with something
>> > else?
>> > How about there are two (or more) windows.  Clicking (dragging?) on the
>> > side
>> > of one window makes it instantly scale to the next window, or if no
>> > window
>> > is present, the edge of the screen.  This way a user could easily have 3
>> > or
>> > more documents side by side, or even do 2 but tiled vertically.
>>
>> On the other hand, there's no need to come up with a special "gimmick"
>> that does the same thing.
>>
>> Just make an easy way to simply arrange windows. If it involves
>> "dragging to the left/right side", so be it.
>
> I'd agree if it weren't for the fact that my idea provides MORE
> functionality.
>
> How about my given cases where a user wants to compare more than 2 things?
> Or maybe 2 vertically?
>
> ________________________________
> Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star.

Um.  :)

Jon