Re: Free Commodities Are Abused

From: Luc The Perverse (sll_noSpamlicious_z_XXX_m_at_cc.usu.edu)
Date: 11/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:21:40 -0700

"Gene Cash" <gcash@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:u0e0ytq6.fsf@cfl.rr.com...
> "Luc The Perverse" <sll_noSpamlicious_z_XXX_m@cc.usu.edu> writes:
>
>> Linux is quite user friendly with some of the new GUIs that are
>> available.
>
> I honestly don't find GUIs user friendly. Unless they're well designed,
> and most aren't, they're user hostile.
>
> Well designed user interfaces don't need a mouse.
>
> My window manager is about as stripped down as possible. I've added keys
> to do the following:
>
> F1 - lower window to the bottom of the stack all windows
> F2 - iconify window
> F3 - maximize/restore window height
> F4 - close window (note: not alt-F4)
> F5 - maximize/restore window size
>
> If I want a window full-size so I can watch a compile, I wack F5 then
> when it's done, I wack it again.
>
> If I want a window to get the hell out of my face, I hit F2 or F4.
>
> None of that dicking around with a mouse is necessary. Trying to hit the
> edge of a window and drag it around is a ridiculous and annoying
> exercise.
>
> Can't do things like that with Windows!
>
> I am not that fucking coordinated and Windows annoys the living *** out
> of me when I have to hit tiny little targets with a mouse cursor.
>
> WTF is wrong with Windows when you can't point at a window and have it
> autoraise? What a broken piece of ***!
>
> WTF is wrong with Windows when there is only ONE goddamn window on the
> screen and it doesn't have the keyboard focus!!???

I will go along with you on everything but the autoraising.

If my mouse drifts a pixel off of a window I don't want a damn window
popping up in front. 

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LTP
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