16 Jan
2012
16 Jan
'12
midnight
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:13:51 -0800 (PST)
Darrell Anderson <humanreadable(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
You are saying that Centered suits your
already non-default way
applications open, not the other defaults. Making Centered the default
policy, with no maximised-by-default application, would be terrible.
That is the real configuration that matters, because it's the one which
would be put as default if Tim listened you. Not your personal one.
OK all, this thread has gone on long enough. I will not be changing the
default setting. I never wanted to change the default, but deferred the
final decision to the people on this list. The vote was overwhelming in
support of Smart window placement, so that is what will remain as the
default.
It never hurts to challenge long-held defaults, but in many cases the
challenge merely results in a confirmation of the default setting
remaining the same. This is what happened here.
Thank you all for your input!
Tim
Nevertheless we offer the possibility to change the sane
defaults to something
else for advanced users like yourself so that you can use
e.g. a centered
placement strategy.
"Sane" according to whom? What might seem "sane" to you is not
always
"sane" to others.
I quite agree. That's why centered is *not* a
useful
placement strategy. It
requires users to move their windows to have it useable.
This is the worst
thing which could happen.
Not really. I have used Centered for years. Here is a difference: I
configure most apps to open maximized. Those few that I open in
non-maximized mode typically get opened for a few moments and then
closed. So for me, Centered is useful.