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Originally posted by Remco View PostHow can you lose windows that are On Top? As soon as you select an image window, the utility windows will pop up with it.
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Originally posted by unimatrix View PostIf I waste 2 seconds doing that it pisses me off, because I know I wouldn't need to if they'd just give me an option to put the damn thing in one window.
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Originally posted by Remco View PostThe only thing you do is Alt-Tab to the image you want to edit, and you're all set. You would have to do this in a single window setup too. There is no difference between utility windows and a single window from a user interaction perspective.
Multiple windows may be a good idea in theory, but in practice it's just horrible.
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Originally posted by unimatrix View PostYes you need to alt-tab through 3 different windows, usually selecting the wrong one and yet again wasting precious time.
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Originally posted by Remco View PostThen your window manager doesn't differentiate between application windows and utility windows. Try Metacity or Windows. Metacity will only let you choose normal application windows with Alt-Tab. To select a utility window (or a panel, dock, or the desktop), you can use Ctrl-Alt-Tab.
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Try this if you want to give GIMP a real try.
Originally posted by unimatrix View PostEven if this sort of workaround would make things any less messy, I am not seriously going to switch my window manager just because one program desperately wants to stand out as lesser software. I'd rather Wine Photoshop or something.
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Liam
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Originally posted by unimatrix View PostEven if this sort of workaround would make things any less messy, I am not seriously going to switch my window manager just because one program desperately wants to stand out as lesser software. I'd rather Wine Photoshop or something.
I also had problems with the multi window character of Gimp. But after they changed the tools window type to utility and compiz learned to deal with it (ther where no problems with metacity from the beginning) I have exactly 0 problems. But of course it took a little additional time to loose my original antipathy.Last edited by LostinSpacetime; 18 August 2009, 01:16 AM.
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