On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:13:51 -0800 (PST) Darrell Anderson humanreadable@yahoo.com wrote:
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.
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.
Furthermore I have the complete confidence of our bug tracking software. We have millions of users reporting hundred of bug reports each year to multiple parts of our window manager. But reports to the placement strategy? Feature requests? Hardly any. I am involved in multiple KDE related support areas watching for window manager related topics: nothing about placement.
When people have an option to change a default they do just that. There is no "bug" to report.
sorry, what a bullsh*** I cannot tell you how arrogant I find this statement. It's this complete utter non-sense I have seen here more than once on this list and elsewhere with the opinion that KDE developers are all assholes not caring about their users. It's such a stupid thing to think that KDE developers pretend to "know better". Such nonsense makes me really angry and I really have to think about whether I want to continue to offer my help to the Trinity project.
Where did I write "KDE developers"? I wrote "developers." That you jumped to this conclusion is interesting.
Regarding your help with the Trinity project, please point me to anything that you have contributed. Not to KDE3 but to Trinity.
*sigh* Ego is never a reason why something is the default.
Really? Never?
And yes if you write that you consider ego as a reason for defaults, I consider this as an insult (I have not been involved when the default for this option has been set) and are convinced that you consider KDE developers to be stupid as you quite nicely highlighted with various side notes in your mail.
Where did I call KDE developers stupid? Which side notes? I have disagreed with some of their decisions, but I ask you to show me where I called the people stupid.
I would appreciate if you could use a constructive manner to discuss and I think you should appoligize towards the KDE developers you insulted in your mail, e.g. the quite nice Kate developers who I know personally.
Please show me the insults I made to KDE developers.
Darrell
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