clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> What I find 
> irritating is the functionality it has when routed to the desktop. First 
> because the functionality is pretty much different

  Not really all that different. You scroll the desktop.

> and secondly because 
> it may also affect what actually /is/ under the mouse cursor, as the 
> next turn of the wheel will bring up a different desktop with different 
> windows at different places. So that if for instance I scroll one 
> desktop too far, I may not be able to instantly scroll back, and may 
> have to find some empty desktop space first.

  Clicking on the same spot on screen doesn't always result in the same
effect either. It depends on what is there.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Nicolas Alvarez schrieb:

>> Why the **** does /no/ graphical user interface provide a way to
>> rearrange the running programs in taskbar?! I mean, that shouldn't be
>> /too/ difficult to implement, right?
> 
> For KDE, I heard they're working on it... But since the taskbar is just 
> another plasmoid, I think you could "easily" write your own. Even in an 
> interpreted language.

For KDE, I found out that they actually /do/ have it by now... just need 
to switch off alphabetical sorting...

Heck, how many config options do they have?!? This is frightening :-)

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Nicolas Alvarez schrieb:

> KDE4 desktop doesn't support icons anymore. The feature was removed.

Not really. It just seems to be non-default...

> Instead, there is a "folder view" plasmoid that you can put anywhere on the 
> desktop, and shows the contents of an arbitrary folder.

... though it may technically be realized via a "full-screen plasmoid" 
of course.

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Warp schrieb:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> What I find 
>> irritating is the functionality it has when routed to the desktop. First 
>> because the functionality is pretty much different
> 
>   Not really all that different. You scroll the desktop.

No, you don't scroll it - you "page" it.

>> and secondly because 
>> it may also affect what actually /is/ under the mouse cursor, as the 
>> next turn of the wheel will bring up a different desktop with different 
>> windows at different places. So that if for instance I scroll one 
>> desktop too far, I may not be able to instantly scroll back, and may 
>> have to find some empty desktop space first.
> 
>   Clicking on the same spot on screen doesn't always result in the same
> effect either. It depends on what is there.

Okay, you don't want to get my point. Fine. Just tell me where I can get 
rid of that behavior.

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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:29:14 +0100, clipka wrote:

>> KDE4 desktop doesn't support icons anymore. The feature was removed.
> 
> Not really. It just seems to be non-default...

True, it wasn't removed, you have to go into the desktop settings and 
change the type back to "Folder View" and that restores the "classic" 
style.

Jim

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Invisible schrieb:

> Also, which moron decided that clicking something twice on the task bar 
> should minimize it? I never *ever* want this to happen!

Ah, by the way: Does someone know how to disable that with KDE4? It 
seems full of options, but this one doesn't seem among them.

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andrel wrote:
> On 18-11-2009 19:01, Stephen wrote:
>> Darren New wrote:
>>> Aydan wrote:
>>>> Drag whatever you want to drag onto the target app's taskbar button 
>>>> and that app
>>>> will get focus and then drop it in there.
>>>
>>> Oh my. I'll have to try that next time. A new trick. :-)
>>>
>>
>> It is amazing the *new* things you learn from watching other people 
>> work :)
>>
>> BTW don’t try to drop the target on the target app's taskbar button. 
>> Windows whinges like a POM :)
> 
> Don't know what that acronym means but it is one of those surprising 
> windows things. It known what goes wrong but refuses to behave as expected.
> 
> 
Sorry again Andrel, it is not really an acronym but /strine/ (Australian 
slang) that has passed into British English. The acronym is POHM 
(Prisoner Of His Majesty) and the most common usage is “whinging pommy 
b*st*rd”

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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clipka wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez schrieb:
> 
>>> Why the **** does /no/ graphical user interface provide a way to
>>> rearrange the running programs in taskbar?! I mean, that shouldn't be
>>> /too/ difficult to implement, right?
>> 
>> For KDE, I heard they're working on it... But since the taskbar is just
>> another plasmoid, I think you could "easily" write your own. Even in an
>> interpreted language.
> 
> For KDE, I found out that they actually /do/ have it by now... just need
> to switch off alphabetical sorting...

Wow, they do.

> Heck, how many config options do they have?!? This is frightening :-)

Be glad you didn't try KDE 4.0. There were *so* many options *missing* that 
KDE3.5 did have...

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Nicolas Alvarez schrieb:

>> Heck, how many config options do they have?!? This is frightening :-)
> 
> Be glad you didn't try KDE 4.0. There were *so* many options *missing* that 
> KDE3.5 did have...

Heh, I /am/ talking about KDE4...

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
> > I sympathise - Word definitely used to suck a lot, but it is much better.
> > However, its inability to handle vector graphics puts it firmly next to the
> > typewriter for me.
>
> Word has handled vector graphics since OLE days. You're doing it wrong. :-)

Yeah, I've never heard anyone else complain either. But I tried to do something
very specific that I considered trivial, and it couldn't do it. I invested some
time trying to find the "right" way to do it, and the answer seemed cumbersome.
So I threw it out and used something else :)

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