[ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

[Liam Proven]

On 16 May 2011 16:56, gazz <pmgazz at gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> Choice is a wonderful thing but I don't see any way of exercising it re. the
> vertical scrollbar in 11.04. I've ditched Unity interface, can't cope with
> it - for something that's supposed to be easy to use, I actually found I
> reverted almost entirely to keyboard shortcuts as the Unity GUI is hopeless
> for navigating a desktop with multiple windows.

So far - it's only been a couple of weeks - I've not found any
problems, myself, neither on my desktop (21" + 19" monitors) or on my
notebook (slightly cramped 12" 1024×768 screen).

> Also had to switch off the
> infuriating habit of full-screening windows if you drag them to the side.

That is just about the *only* new feature in Windows 7 that I /really/
liked and I was /very/ glad to see it copied in 11.04. It's very
useful. The windows only snap when the /mouse pointer/ hits the edge
of the screen - you can still move them off to the side just fine so
long as you grab the window far over on the opposite side of the title
bar, so that the mouse pointer doesn't touch the edge of the screen.

> If
> I drag a window to the side, it's cos I want to see what's underneath!

Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a
window to the back of the stack? It's very handy. That is the one
Linux feature I most miss when using Windows - I curse its absence
several times an hour.

The other use for middle-clicking is clipboardless copy & paste -
select text in one place, middle-click elsewhere and whatever is
selected is inserted where you click. Huge timesaver and again
something I really miss on both Windows and Mac OS X.

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