Window Placement

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 03:01:35PM -0400, Emily Brantley wrote:
> Does the "best-fit" window placement algorithm annoy anyone else ?

And the window handling, the lack of panel overlap prevention, the 
poor handling of oversized windows and ... ;)

> possible all the way up in the top-left corner.  Placing windows
> perfectly atop one another seems broken.

People have tried different algorithms - including under the mouse. Early
wm's often stuck the new window to the mouse so you placed it yourself. 
Try a few window managers and see