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Re: Focus follows pointer (Was: Re: Understanding the menu problem.)

 

On 05/31/2011 09:28 PM, Ed Lin wrote:

GIMP is an awful example :P Its interface is gimped, the WM isn't the
right place to right it.
Do you have any other example where you'd miss auto rise specifically?

What many perceive as a shortcoming of GIMP helps me to work efficiently :p

Yes. I also use overlapping setups of IRC and Email clients or combinations of editors, terminals and browsers (e.g. terminal, Firefox and Emacs wor web development).


Anyway, would you not agree that autorise is not a good default
setting and would cause a lot of frustration with new users?
Therefore putting it back and first trying to get Unity right in the
default settings got to be priority,

I said before that I don't think FFP and auto-raise would be good defaults as things are, as a number of things would have to change to make it a smooth experience.

Unity should first of all present one consistent experience. I do see it as a drawback if aspects of that are not compatible with common customizations, but there are always drawbacks.


If we are going there (the speed argument) we have "power users" in
mind. I don't think they'll have troubles remembering keyboard
shortcuts they use every day. For "ordinary people", yes, that's why
Unity should work great with just the mouse (It doesn't yet, for
example the spread view, super+w, isn't exposed at all).

Training may shorten the time required for recall, but it can't eliminate it. Especially not for shortcuts outside of a limited set of the most frequently used. Like I said, the required focused thought causes a blind-spot regarding time perception.


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