Activity log for bug #495665

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-12-11 21:18:15 David Siegel bug added bug
2009-12-11 21:18:33 David Siegel bug watch added http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229
2009-12-11 21:18:33 David Siegel bug task added compiz
2009-12-11 21:19:38 David Siegel description Binary package hint: compiz I found no way to configure Compiz to account for the use case where the naive user accidentally triggers scale. The two options I have to address this issue seem to be: Option A: Enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This exits scale, and preventing the naive user from becoming stuck in scale while trying to click on a panel or the desktop. However, hiding all windows is a very confusing consequence. Option B: Don't enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This prevents the confusing consequence of hiding all windows, but the naive user who accidentally triggers scale may still get confused, as click on panels, the desktop, Docks, etc. have no effect when Scale is triggered. I think an excellent solution would be to allow "Click Desktop to Exit Scale", which simply exits Scale, putting windows in their original positions, if the user clicks on anything that is not a window during Scale. Does this sound reasonable? I think it should replace the "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" option. Binary package hint: compiz I found no way to configure Compiz to account for the use case where the naive user accidentally triggers scale. The two options I have to address this issue seem to be: Option A: Enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This exits scale, and prevents the naive user from becoming stuck in scale while trying to click on a panel or the desktop. However, hiding all windows is a very confusing consequence. Option B: Don't enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This prevents the confusing consequence of hiding all windows, but the naive user who accidentally triggers scale may still get confused, as clicks on panels, the desktop, Docks, etc. have no effect when Scale is triggered. I think an excellent solution would be to allow "Click Desktop to Exit Scale", which simply exits Scale, putting windows in their original positions, if the user clicks on anything that is not a window during Scale.
2009-12-11 22:18:30 David Siegel description Binary package hint: compiz I found no way to configure Compiz to account for the use case where the naive user accidentally triggers scale. The two options I have to address this issue seem to be: Option A: Enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This exits scale, and prevents the naive user from becoming stuck in scale while trying to click on a panel or the desktop. However, hiding all windows is a very confusing consequence. Option B: Don't enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This prevents the confusing consequence of hiding all windows, but the naive user who accidentally triggers scale may still get confused, as clicks on panels, the desktop, Docks, etc. have no effect when Scale is triggered. I think an excellent solution would be to allow "Click Desktop to Exit Scale", which simply exits Scale, putting windows in their original positions, if the user clicks on anything that is not a window during Scale. Binary package hint: compiz I found no way to configure Compiz to account for the use case where the naive user accidentally triggers scale. The two options I have to address this issue seem to be: Option A: Enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This exits scale, and prevents the naive user from becoming stuck in scale while trying to click on a panel or the desktop. However, hiding all windows is a very confusing consequence. Option B: Don't enable "Click Desktop to Show Desktop" This prevents the confusing consequence of hiding all windows, but the naive user who accidentally triggers scale may still get confused, as clicks on panels, the desktop, Docks, etc. have no effect when Scale is triggered. I think an excellent solution would be to allow "Click to Exit Scale", which simply exits Scale (putting windows in their original positions) if the user clicks on anything that is not a window during Scale. Better
2011-05-19 13:52:17 Pedro Villavicencio compiz (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete