On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 08:04:26AM -0400, Ross Mohn wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 13:40 +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote: > > Ross Mohn wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 11:31 +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > after using dwm for a while, I agree that Mod1-m is somewhat > > > > disappointing and often results in ugly side-effects (e.g. > > > > running firefox maximized, downloading a file and the download > > > > window appears - or in general if a popup occures on a maximized > > > > window). > > > > > > At the risk of sounding like a broken record, The Wide Layout mode > > > eliminates this problem for me and, I think, others. :-) > > > > Huh? I see these problems also when using your wide patch. And I don't > > see why it should fix them... > > Let me clarify -- I used to switch firefox to maximized so that I > wouldn't have to scroll left/right to see everything. Now I just switch > to wide layout and let the "pop-up" clients do their stuff down below > while I view firefox in the master window. And combined with the new > MODKEY-g/s functionality, I hardly ever have to use maximize. Does that > make more sense?
Beside what I mentioned in my last mail, the maximization/zooming is only a behavioral question for floating clients, that's what I wanted to point out, a different layout approach hasn't any influence on such clients. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe ><>< www.ebrag.de ><>< GPG key: 0D73F361
