Re: Please strip out the patch that brings up applications behind gnome-terminal

[Miles Lane <miles lane gmail com>]

On 1/31/06, Ian Burrell <ianburrell gmail com> wrote:
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> I much prefer the new behavior.  I used to always have trouble typing
> going into the wrong window when a new application started while I was
> typing into another.  No more sending the root password over IM.
> Personally, I think apps should show above but never ever take focus.
> I am pretty sure apps can say that their modal dialogs should show
> above and get focus so they don't end up hidden.
>
> This is the upstream behavior of metacity 2.10.  I don't think there
> is a gconf key to customzie the behavior.  You could use a different
> window manager which can be customized.  I think kwin, the KDE window
> manager, allows focus stealing prevention to be customized.

This is exactly the sort of thing that drives me nuts with Gnome.
The Ximian HIG/usability folks come up with some whacko default
and then make it impossible for users to work around it.
Who is it who decided to change this Metacity behavior?
I cannot believe that this is going to be a usability benefit for most
users.  Argh!  This may drive me back to KDE again.

         Miles