Re: [Usability] launching a program and changing workspace

[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ freenet de>]

On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:02:54AM +0200, Francesco Stablum wrote:
> Hello gnome developers,
> 
> I am a gnome user (2.10) with ubuntu.
> The problem is the following: when I launch a program i.e. firefox it may be
> normal to wait for it.
> But if I change workspace when that program is loading the program will
> appear in the last workspace and not in the workspace I choose before
> launching it.
> In my opinion this is conterintuitive and annoying. A program may take 30
> seconds to start and in the meantime I may have to do other things and then,
> suddenly it appears over!

Agreed. See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160687, though


Cheers,
Thorsten Wilms