On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 4:43 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com <frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Remco, > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 13:50, Remco <remc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 07:16, cmaglothin <cmaglot...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I agree. The only reason I ever boot into Windows is that I have to >> > annotate >> > movies for a class, and Snap makes it very easy to do with just two >> > clicks. >> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:34 PM, David Hamm <davidth...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> in fact i'd say it almost a upgrade deciding factor for vista to 7 >> >> You'll like Compiz Grid. I think Frederik's idea is simply a mouse >> interface to Compiz Grid. > > yeah, essentially, i would love to see stuff snapping to an invisible grid. > This could then be disabled by holding a modifier key such as [ALT]. > By default, snap to grid should be enabled for: > * moving windows > * resizing windows > * scaling windows > i also suggest strongly to consider window controls as nothing else than > what the name suggests: > controls for the window at hand. > often, we are confronted with the question whether or not closing a window > will quit the app contained in it. > This is poor design, i mean, window controls are not well designed, if they > affect the service instead of only the window. > Now about Compiz Grid.. it's remarkable, the windows7 thingy is fully > implemented and of course completely configurable to the corner and pixel ;) > i jast had an easy time splitting my screen in two halves.. took me 2 > click-drag-releases. > Thanks to whoever did that in Compiz!
It was scott :) He's a dude. Apologies to hijack this thread - I have already got a sample implementation of implementing a resize grip area set by the theme which is larger than the borders and it vastly resolves the precision problem. It requires a patched metacity though > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Sam Spilsbury _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
