On 14/01/21 1:58 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:53 AM Python <pyt...@bladeshadow.org> wrote:
I believe it is or was quite common
for large, integrated applications like DAWs, graphical design
software, etc. to remember where you placed your various floating
toolbars and add-ons
Not just large, integrated applications. If I open Intaglio
(a modestly sized drawing app) on my Mac right now, the palettes
are all where I left them last time.
The results will differ based on whether the user in question has
basically just one primary application (an IDE, or some gigantic app
like Adobe PhotoShop) that they spend all their time in, or if they're
using myriad different applications. Especially in the latter case, it
is far FAR better to put control in the user's hands
I don't follow. If the app is just remembering where the user
put things, then it *is* putting control in the user's hands.
And I don't see what difference it makes how many different apps
they use. Leaving things where the user put them seems like a good
idea regardless.
Ideally, the OS or window manager would do the remembering, but
if it doesn't provide such a facility, I don't see any harm in
allowing the app to *request* (not force) a certain position for
a window.
The app can of course abuse that privilege, but that's the fault
of the app, not the feature.
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Greg
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