[Thunar-dev] Rox-like features

Biju Chacko botsie at xfce.org
Mon Mar 28 09:54:46 CEST 2005


Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> 
>> I think it's not very likely that that feature will be included. 
>> Thunar is trying to be user-friendly and many people are not very 
>> accurate with a mouse. They'd double click on the background while 
>> trying to open a folder. It takes a second or two for most people to 
>> re-orient themselves when a window resizes seemingly on its own.
> 
> 
> I fully agree. This option is one of the most confusing things in ROX, 
> and it's even worse that Thomas made it the default. Windows that resize 
> by themselves are very bad practice.
> 
> Maybe if we have too much time in the end and a lot of people request 
> this feature, we could include a hidden option for this feature. But 
> it's on very low priority for now.

I agree. Even if this feature is added, it should not be possible to 
make it automatic via the GUI. Menu/Toolbar/Shortcut would be appropriate.

-- b



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