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Gnome developers really like automoving stuff on the screen, like activities animations. Instead I could kill a window that does not stay put were I placed it.

Gnome developers really like automoving stuff on the screen, like activities animations. Instead I could kill a window that does not stay put were I placed it. Who does it thinks it is to know better than me how my desktop must look like? Anyway, until there is a way to work as I want to, no problem with them enjoying their time. Reconfiguring the desktop to look like Gnome 2 is a tax I pay to have them keeping it compatible with the other components of the system.

dsr_ 3y ago
I rejected paying that tax, and moved to XFCE. As far as I can tell, the GNOME people have not had a good idea about window management since GNOME 2. If you like it, great, use it. The point of freedom is to be able to do things they way you like.
Phrodo_00 3y ago
You're the second person that calls the activity window overview moving windows. In what way are the windows being moved? They're just being unstacked so that you can find that window 3rd from the bottom on the stack.
- pmontra 3y ago
  I should log out and log in with guest user with an unmodified desktop, let me see if I can find a video on YouTube. Found one. Check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A3ewGh7u3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A3ewGh7u3g at 1:20. That guy is about to open the activities overview or whatever it is and that will move windows around. Then go to 2:25, more windows movements in a few seconds using a different feature of Gnome. I can't stand that and I happily undid all of it using various extensions.
  - Phrodo_00 3y ago
    ... yeah, nothing is moving your windows, it's literally just a preview. This is like saying that the Windows menu bar preview is duplicating your windows.
    - pmontra 3y ago
      The Windows menu bar doesn't move. The activities overview moves my screen. That's unnecessary and intolerable ;-) We all have our own quirks. By the way, I added a Windows style task bar to the bottom of my desktop. It autohides and that's OK because it doesn't move my windows upward when it appears.

dsr_ 3y ago

I rejected paying that tax, and moved to XFCE. As far as I can tell, the GNOME people have not had a good idea about window management since GNOME 2. If you like it, great, use it. The point of freedom is to be able to do things they way you like.

Phrodo_00 3y ago

You're the second person that calls the activity window overview moving windows. In what way are the windows being moved? They're just being unstacked so that you can find that window 3rd from the bottom on the stack.

pmontra 3y ago
I should log out and log in with guest user with an unmodified desktop, let me see if I can find a video on YouTube. Found one. Check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A3ewGh7u3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A3ewGh7u3g at 1:20. That guy is about to open the activities overview or whatever it is and that will move windows around. Then go to 2:25, more windows movements in a few seconds using a different feature of Gnome. I can't stand that and I happily undid all of it using various extensions.
- Phrodo_00 3y ago
  ... yeah, nothing is moving your windows, it's literally just a preview. This is like saying that the Windows menu bar preview is duplicating your windows.
  - pmontra 3y ago
    The Windows menu bar doesn't move. The activities overview moves my screen. That's unnecessary and intolerable ;-) We all have our own quirks. By the way, I added a Windows style task bar to the bottom of my desktop. It autohides and that's OK because it doesn't move my windows upward when it appears.