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[Greg K Nicholson <greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is *exactly* what my proposal intends to achieve (assuming it can
actually be implemented).

On 27 May 2010 19:23, Kristoffer Lundén <kristoffer.lunden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is it possible for the window manager (or some other mechanism that it can
> communicate with) to know if I am interacting with a window at the moment
> (defined as typing, clicking, moving etc within a certain time I guess, that
> would needed to be tested out)?
> If so, I would simply like for windows to come out on top only if I'm not
> interacting with any other window, and flash the URGENT signal otherwise.
> That, if possible, would cover almost all of my "problems" with raised
> windows, such as just now when I was typing this and a pidgin window
> appeared on top, or when launching a slowish app and moving on to do
> something else in the meantime, but would also get that slowish app on top
> if I launch it and then wait for it because I don't have anything better to
> do (and fast launching apps would also come on top because my last
> interaction was launching it, no time to switch to something else).
> / Kristoffer
>
> 2010/5/27 Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> > I've proposed a solution (from a user experience point of view) that
>> > prevents focus-stealing while also keeping window-opening predictable:
>> >
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/67476/comments/16
>> >
>> > 2. When a new window appears, it should appear immediately behind the
>> > focused window (even if the focused window isn't frontmost). If no
>> > window is focused, the new window should open frontmost and focused.
>>
>> I'm not sure if I agree with this one. I dedicate some workspaces to
>> a single fullscreen app (ex: firefox), and I never bother to peek at
>> the taskbar of those workspaces because nothing else is supposed to
>> be there. The suggestion above would make alert windows appear
>> behind firefox and stay there for a long time before me noticing.
>>
>> That's the main reason I dislike the current behavior of the update
>> manager window. :)
>>
>> I personally think a better approach would be something like the
>> morphing things suggested in the notification guidelines: in
>> front, without focus and translucid. Wherever you were typing,
>> you can keep typing.
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines#morphing
>>
>>
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