hi Have you tried Beryl http://www.beryl-project.org/ http://www.beryl-project.org/features.php I tried it Fedora and like some of its features especially Alt+Tab and the Scale Effect Thanks Shams -- "Joe Smith" <jes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f39onu$rd0$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > How do you folks manage your working windows? I find that working on a > standard WIMP desktop is a distracting battle of locating and arranging in > the needed windows. The current tools, specifically in the default Fedora > Gnome desktop are not working well for me, but maybe I've missed > something. > > Here's what I've tried: > > * Focus follows mouse > > I can't stand "click to focus", primarily because it's disruptive to move > a window to the top for something simple and then to restore the z-order I > had before. > > Using "focus follows mouse" solves that problem, but I'm left with the > converse problem: I often have problems finding the window I need and > bringing it to the top when necessary. > > Here's what I've tried for that: > > 1. Alt-tab to cyle through windows. This is the exact functionality I > need, but having to access it through the keyboard, with a rather awkward > key chord is not convenient enough. I want something that will work with > the mouse. > > 2. The window-selector panel menu. Better, but it's distracting to use the > panel here: it's too far from my working windows and it's complicated to > locate the correct button on the panel and select the right window given > only their titles. > > 3. Application window menus: these would be ok, except they don't work > with Nautilus under "focus follows mouse" (Mozilla Seamonkey and > OpenOffice are the two big ones I use, that don't work). > > What might help: > * a window menu built-in to the title bar > * a method to "restore the previous order", or at least to send the top > window down. > > Other suggestions? What obvious solution have I missed? > > <Joe > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
