[ubuntu-studio-devel] Anoying/confusing things in our DE

[Len Ovens]

On Sun, 17 Nov 2013, Shubham Mishra wrote:

> On 11/16/2013 11:10 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
>> As prep for getting the best experience for 14.04 I would like to know
>> what people find anoying about our default desktop. What are the first

>>   -I like focus follows mouse. I have used things this way since I began
>
> I've never done this, but I can see how this can be useful now that I think 
> about it.

It is one of those things that once you get used to it.... it always gets 
set (where's focus follows mind please?) But those who are used to it 
probably know how to change it.

>>   - click and double click on the window title bar defaults to full
>
> I find this useful, and I think this is a very common feature, so people 
> might feel confused.

I think this will be left as is.
>
>>   - scroll wheel on mouse changes workspace. This is really confusing
>
> I found this really annoying as well. I've turned this off.

I personally think this is something that is easy to turn on by someone 
who wants it while being confusing to those who who are not used to 
searching through settings. I have seen "non-power users" restart a second 
version of the same app in this case.

>>   - The bottom pannel....
>> 
> I find this bottom panel useful. I have keyboard shortcuts for things like

That seems to be the sense I get too. So refining it is the thing to do. I 
think it is possible to confine the active area to just where the icons 
are. I do find both on my desktop and laptop that verticle space is more 
useful than horizontal space. I prefer to have the "B" panel (actually 
panel 1) on the side of the screen like unity. In my case I also like to 
have it there all the time and not hide so that the windows draw excluding 
that space.


> I use desktop icons a lot because that is a very convenient place for me to 
> put up custom launchers for apps and launchers for any scripts. I don't have 
> any normal app launchers on my desktop, I use the menu for that.

On further thought, there is no reason to remove the desktop icons. I may 
not find them useful, but they do not make my work harder as I can ignore 
them. It would be very easy to say that you can just as easy add custom 
stuff to your second panel, but choice is good and I am looking for 
conflicts with easy workflow, not making people use what I use.

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Len Ovens
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