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Why do we have to suffer it on the desktop though? It’s so damn hard moving windows on gnome without setting something off accidentally. Especially with the shi

by hughrr 5y ago

Why do we have to suffer it on the desktop though? It’s so damn hard moving windows on gnome without setting something off accidentally. Especially with the shitty touchpad input devices. My mac laptops aren’t touch screens and they get this usable. The whole gnome desktop makes me want to stick forks in my eyes.

zozbot234 5y ago
> It’s so damn hard moving windows on gnome without setting something off accidentally. I'm not sure, I've never run into this? The headerbar itself, with its labeling text, works just fine as a mouse/touch target.
- nebul 5y ago
  Yeah, clicking and holding on a header bar button will still allow you to grab the window without firing any action. It's quite handy, especially with a touch pad.
  - zozbot234 5y ago
    You don't have to target a button at all, that's quite silly. Aim at the window label. Labels have always been connoted as "plain text" with no actions associated, so they're quite intuituve for that purpose.
    - nebul 5y ago
      Of course! But when you're using an application with a fairly busy header bar (like Nautilus or Epiphany, which don't have any labels) it can be useful to just point at the first pixel you come across without having to aim for a blank interval between buttons.
saturn_vk 5y ago
I think you can drag almost anything on the header bar without activating it
kaba0 5y ago
Super+drag anywhere on a window. It should be a must on every single OS.
- hughrr 5y ago
  This is completely Inferior to dragging a titlebar as it requires twice as many hands.
  - floatboth 5y ago
    On the other hand (ha) it does not require any aiming. I can super+drag windows into "aero snap" targets in milliseconds because I don't have to spend any time on finding the header bar.
    - account42 5y ago
      Which makes it a great addition to title bar dragging but not a replacement.
      - floatboth 5y ago
        I use it exclusively, don't remember the last time I looked for the title bar.
      - modo_mario 5y ago
        Depends on the user to be honest. I quite dislike title bars (Especially if fairly bulky.) and so I remove em. I know they're necessary for people who aren't as apt with computers. But to me their main purpose has always seemed to be...identifying the programs i use every day and are fairly easily identified regardless.
otabdeveloper4 5y ago
I love Gnome 3. For me it's the best desktop UI because it forces you to run everything full-screen and use search and keyboard shortcuts instead. (And everything is tailored for this workflow.) Not even joking. I wish the Windows 95 computer interaction model would just die already.

by hughrr 5y ago

zozbot234 5y ago

> It’s so damn hard moving windows on gnome without setting something off accidentally. I'm not sure, I've never run into this? The headerbar itself, with its labeling text, works just fine as a mouse/touch target.

nebul 5y ago
Yeah, clicking and holding on a header bar button will still allow you to grab the window without firing any action. It's quite handy, especially with a touch pad.
- zozbot234 5y ago
  You don't have to target a button at all, that's quite silly. Aim at the window label. Labels have always been connoted as "plain text" with no actions associated, so they're quite intuituve for that purpose.
  - nebul 5y ago
    Of course! But when you're using an application with a fairly busy header bar (like Nautilus or Epiphany, which don't have any labels) it can be useful to just point at the first pixel you come across without having to aim for a blank interval between buttons.

saturn_vk 5y ago

I think you can drag almost anything on the header bar without activating it

kaba0 5y ago

Super+drag anywhere on a window. It should be a must on every single OS.

hughrr 5y ago
This is completely Inferior to dragging a titlebar as it requires twice as many hands.
- floatboth 5y ago
  On the other hand (ha) it does not require any aiming. I can super+drag windows into "aero snap" targets in milliseconds because I don't have to spend any time on finding the header bar.
  - account42 5y ago
    Which makes it a great addition to title bar dragging but not a replacement.
    - floatboth 5y ago
      I use it exclusively, don't remember the last time I looked for the title bar.
    - modo_mario 5y ago
      Depends on the user to be honest. I quite dislike title bars (Especially if fairly bulky.) and so I remove em. I know they're necessary for people who aren't as apt with computers. But to me their main purpose has always seemed to be...identifying the programs i use every day and are fairly easily identified regardless.

otabdeveloper4 5y ago

I love Gnome 3. For me it's the best desktop UI because it forces you to run everything full-screen and use search and keyboard shortcuts instead. (And everything is tailored for this workflow.) Not even joking. I wish the Windows 95 computer interaction model would just die already.