An understanding of options

prophet prophet at sphere-x.net
Tue Jul 15 22:16:44 CEST 2003


Heh, oops.   DUH!->Me.   That would make sense.

I was just worried that everyone was afraid of them.  :)
I should have thought of that one.

Anyways.. thanks,
Prophet

On 2003.07.15 14:01, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are not against all options, but to get the software released, we
> need to stop adding features at some point and concentrate on fixes.
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 21:55, prophet wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > So, I have noticed that there certain things that would be nice if
> they
> > had on option to allow the user certian configurations, however,
> they
> > always seemed to be denied when asked. I understand that having to
> many
> > options can be a real pain in @$$, but somethings just need to have
> > them.  I love xfce so far.. but giving the user some control/
> options
> to
> > set it his/her way would be very nice.  :-)
> >
> > For example, the menus on the desktop.  It would be extremely nice
> to
> > select which mouse button brings up what window.
> > Reason being is coming from so many other WM's I feel it is very
> > natural to have my desktop menu on the right mouse button, the
> middle
> > for my workspace tasklist and my left button does nothing.  I have
> > noticed that many users have come in and asked how this can be
> changed
> > many times and feel this should be a necessity to xfce.
> >
> > Having a pause on when showing the hidden taskbar instead of it
> being
> > so immediate.  I like having it at the top hidden till I need it,
> but
> > evertime I go to close a window or go the apps menu I get to close
> and
> > it pops up right away on top of my windows and its annoying as heck.
> >
> > I can also think of a few other options.. like having the users
> default
> > text editor open up your xfdesktop's menu, or setting of the xfwm's
> > default keys (or making of a new one) instead of searching thru
> one's
> > file system to do it, and etc.
> >
> > I hope I didn't stir up any bad vibes.. I know that certian things
> can
> > be a touchy subject.. I'm just curious.. (I know it killed the cat)
> :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Prophet
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