[Dx-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-09-23 Thread JohnWashington
Madbiologist: thanks for clarifying. So I agree filing it as a new bug would be good. I'm not an appropriate person to do that, since I'm using Unity less and less, and even in the past I've only used LTS releases. I hope someone will pick this up. -- You received this bug notification because

[Dx-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-09-22 Thread JohnWashington
Madbiologist: you write "This bug is about the default resize grab handle at window borders being too small". Can I gently suggest you read the title of this problem report? "Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult" Window borders. Nothing about a resize grab handle (which I as

[Dx-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-09-22 Thread JohnWashington
Seth, when you say 'Fix Released', does this mean that in System Settings there is now a means (using GUI tools only) for the user to modify the border width? Anything less than that is, to my mind, not a 'fix'. And I suspect many others with hand/eye coordination problems would agree it's not a

[Dx-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-08-03 Thread JohnWashington
I don't even accept that it's adequately fixed in Unity (unless there's been significant progress since 14.04, for I only use LTS releases). I teach elderly users with little or no experience of computers. Naturally many don't have good hand/eye coordination, so they need to be able to adjust set

[Dx-packages] [Bug 1241972] Re: Drag and drop from Dash to Desktop doesn't work

2014-10-06 Thread JohnWashington
If you don't have additional info, please just click on the "This bug affects you and 93 other people" exclamation mark (at the top of the bug report), so you add to the count. Adding comments like "Me too" just clutter reports and make it harder for developers. -- You received this bug notifica

[Dx-packages] [Bug 770515] Re: The keybind of Unity's launcher conflicts with Magnifier plugin of Compiz

2013-09-23 Thread JohnWashington
This issue is also reported on http://askubuntu.com/questions/167314 /how-to-change-keyboard-shortcut-for-compiz-magnifier-currently-alt- enter It's of concern to me because rdesktop uses alt+enter as a toggle for maximising the remote screen. Why has it been marked as low priority? This sends a