[sugar] frame gets in the way when alt-tabbing
Mikus Grinbergs
mikus at bga.com
Mon Sep 22 16:58:21 EDT 2008
>> One of the first things I did upon getting my G1G1 was to go into
>> one of the .py files and __NOOP__ the "autoraising" of the Frame.
>> That gave me Sugar screen behavior that was under *my* control.
>> Now, Sugar has again started to interfere with what I am doing --
>> by raising the Frame when I alt-tab. I HATE THAT! I HATE THAT!
>
> I think the idea is to use the frame to show you which windows you can
> alt+tab between, such as is done in Gnome or other WMs.
The way I work appears to be completely different. On Gnome I keep
maybe a dozen virtual desktops open, and don't populate any of them
with more than two "work windows". That allows me to reference a
mental image of "what's where" -- and I just switch workplaces,
instead of attempting to use alt-tab.
The Sugar environment is more limited. I have learned through
experience NOT to keep a large number of activities open. [The RAM
limitation is severe, even when I am at home and can use a hard-disk
swap partition with my XO.] So I have NO NEED to be shown "which
windows I can alt+tab between" -- ideally, I should be able to do
the actual alt-tab in LESS time than it would take me to bring up
the Frame and interpret what it shows.
Yes, I object to having the Frame slow down alt-tab. But that which
really puts me off is having the Frame change the visual appearance
of what I am working with. [If I *need* the Frame for anything, I
will switch my attention to it -- but if all I am doing is going to
a new screen in order to continue with my line of thought, I DO NOT
WANT any distractions to interfere (such as having the Frame obtrude
onto the screen).] It is not having control over "what the screen
is being used for" that I hate.
My point is that typically there are so few "windows" that the user
can easily perform repetitive alt-tab, and stop when he sees (on the
WHOLE screen) where he wants to be. [Since there is a key dedicated
to bringing up Journal when needed, I sometimes patch homemodel.py
to not even show Journal during alt-tabbing.]
mikus
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