[Usability] Applications open windows on current desktop, not that on which they were launched

[Scott Anderson <anderson scott20 googlemail com>]

Applications open their windows on current desktop, and not that on 
which they were launched. It seems more intuitive to me that they open 
their window on the desktop where they were launched.

This situation applies with larger apps (e.g. OpenOffice) which take a 
few moments to launch, especially on less powerful hardware. While 
waiting for such apps to launch, it is customary for me to spend the 
time switching to another desktop to follow irc or catch up on emails or 
whatnot. Eventually the launched application opens its window on top of 
whatever I've been doing while waiting for it to start, resulting in my 
having to use the "move to desktop" option to put it where I wanted. It 
would seem more intuitive to me that it opens its window(s) on the 
desktop on which it was called, and not the desktop which the user 
happens to be viewing at that time.

I think this applies to both metacity and compiz, and certainly the latter.