Re: Using 2 monitors



On 09/05/11 16:45, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Federico Di Gregorio <fog initd org
> <mailto:fog initd org>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Anyway, my question has to do with using 2 monitors (that, especially in
>     the case of a laptop + external monitors, can be of different size). The
>     usability problem I see is that the lower right corner, used to popup
>     notifications, isn't a corner anymore and hitting the correct region
>     with the mouse is quite difficult (almost impossible unless you have
>     pixel-perfect control). I know that you can hit Super and go to overview
>     but the change of bahaviour depending on the number of connected
>     monitors is definitely bad.
> 
> 
> Hello Federico,
> 
> This was resolved in Fedora by using zones.. basically, they've modified
> X such that if you go to the bottom corner on the left monitor to the
> notifications bar, it won't let you go to the right monitor so you don't
> have to have great accuracy to see the notifications.  I unfortunately
> cannot find the bug where this was discussed.
> 
> If you're using Ubuntu I do not believe that is implemented yet.  I know
> for sure it is in Fedora 15.  Can't speak for OpenSUSE.

Seems nice and solve the problem. Thank you for the clarification.

federico

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Federico Di Gregorio                                       fog initd org
  We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the
   time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.    -- D.E.Knuth

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