[ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

[Julian Oliver]

..on or around Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 04:35:34PM -0700, Sumit Agarwal said:
> It doesn't fall under K.I.S.S. because 90+% of users would never dream  
> that a keyboard button would function as a toggle upon the cursor.

then how does it somehow occur to them that ALT-LMB will grab a window?
that ALT-TAB cycles though windows?

> 
> If you can't get around just fine without a keyboard plugged in, you  
> haven't succeeded in your interface design. You wouldn't believe how  
> many Windows users are stunned when I use CTRL+C, CTRL+V, ALT+ESC, and  
> ALT+TAB. Despite these functions being present since time immemorial,  
> most people are still completely unaware of it.
> 
> Oh, and I have a TabletPC, so while I like keyboard shortcuts, I don't  
> like to be forced to use them ;)

the TabletPC is a case i hadn't considered. a solution may be to have
the cursor change to a resize graphic when the pointer is within 3
pixels of the window edge. this would also make it more apparent for
those transitioning from other windowing environments.

cheers,

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> 
> On Mar 21, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Julian Oliver wrote:
> 
> > ..on or around Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 01:00:22PM -0500, xl cheese said:
> >>
> >> There was a bug opened a while back about it being hard to resize  
> >> the window as it currently is design.  There was a suggestion to  
> >> make a transparent border that was thicker so it would be easier.   
> >> I think that bug was closed and labeled not a bug.
> >>
> >> With the new metacity supporting transparancy I wonder it it would  
> >> be possible to create a metacity with a thicker edge that was fully  
> >> transparent?
> >
> > it seems strange to me that the borders of windows would be made  
> > thicker
> > /all the time/ just so they could make better click targets when  
> > someone
> > needs to resize.
> >
> > why not just use a keyboard bind? hold down ALT when near an edge or
> > corner to resize. if within range (4 pixels) the cursor changes to a
> > resize cursor.
> >
> > it works with my current window manager just fine. GNOME should do it
> > too and free up those precious pixels - a lesson in K.I.S.S.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
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