Comments on: 2.23.55 released http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/14/22355-released/ "Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios." Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Reinout van Schouwen http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/14/22355-released/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Reinout van Schouwen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:13:37 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/14/22355-released/#comment-404 I'm not sure what you mean; doesn't Windows only use that notation in the task bar? Representation in the window list is an issue separate from visually grouping windows on the desktop, in my opinion. Besides, the window list applet already supports grouping in a similar manner. In any case, I don't see why we would limit window groups to windows of any single application. If technically feasible, a user should be able to group an Epiphany webpage, an Abiword document, and an Empathy conversation, if they all happen to be related to the project (s)he is currently working on. (Of course, by default a new tab|window should be added to the focused window when the user selects "New Tab" or whatever.) I’m not sure what you mean; doesn’t Windows only use that notation in the task bar? Representation in the window list is an issue separate from visually grouping windows on the desktop, in my opinion. Besides, the window list applet already supports grouping in a similar manner.

In any case, I don’t see why we would limit window groups to windows of any single application. If technically feasible, a user should be able to group an Epiphany webpage, an Abiword document, and an Empathy conversation, if they all happen to be related to the project (s)he is currently working on. (Of course, by default a new tab|window should be added to the focused window when the user selects “New Tab” or whatever.)

]]> By: Thomas Thurman http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/14/22355-released/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Thomas Thurman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:40:18 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/14/22355-released/#comment-403 That's an interesting point. I wonder whether it might be like the way MS Windows writes a number next to the name of a group, and only shows the one entry for it, if you have more than a few windows open. That’s an interesting point. I wonder whether it might be like the way MS Windows writes a number next to the name of a group, and only shows the one entry for it, if you have more than a few windows open.

]]> By: Reinout van Schouwen http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/14/22355-released/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Reinout van Schouwen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:29:33 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/14/22355-released/#comment-402 The irony here is that metacity is the one GNOME component that *would* benefit a lot from supporting tabs. See for instance http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355438. If metacity would support window grouping with tabs, we'd get rid of tabs in Epiphany in an instant-- there are too much usability problems with it to mention. The irony here is that metacity is the one GNOME component that *would* benefit a lot from supporting tabs. See for instance http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355438. If metacity would support window grouping with tabs, we’d get rid of tabs in Epiphany in an instant– there are too much usability problems with it to mention.

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