Re: [Usability] window manager configuration

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Havoc Pennington">

> Today's questions from me are:
> 
>  - which window manager options are not crack-ridden bogosity?
>  - which crack-ridden bogus options do you have to offer 
>    despite their bogosity, since people are grumpy?

Eeek.

>   Number of workspaces (once you assume workspaces are OK ;-)

Are we assuming mousability?

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66422

>   Name of each workspace

Really necessary?

>   Click-to-focus/sloppy focus (follows mouse?)

We should try to standardise on terminology, especially considering it's an
advanced option. Sawfish has lots of "oddly named" things.

> Options I hate a lot but people probably want:
> 
>   Maximize covers panel or not
>   Panel is on top vs. below vs. raise-on-mouseover/focus

Would a lot of people really want this? For small-screener's, a hidden panel
should do the trick.

> What is the control panel (or panels) called that contains these
> items?

Currently, too many. :)

If we're able to decrease the crack-smokage of a lot of these options,
perhaps some of them (panel, look and feel, etc) can be condensed into one
"desktop behaviour" control panel. WM stuff would have to stay separate
again...

- Jeff

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