This is a wishlist item, then. For the record, you can change the window placement in the compiz settings manager's 'put window' plugin.
Thanks for the report! ** Summary changed: - All applications launch in the top-left corner + New windows should be placed in the same place as when they were closed - Positions should be remembered. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Opinion ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Description changed: Whenever I launch applications, they start in the top-left corner. + + The behavior I expected was that it remember the last position or open + somewhere where my attention is likely to be (i.e. somewhere more in the + center). Compiz 0.9.7.6 Ubuntu 12.04 ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994217 Title: New windows should be placed in the same place as when they were closed - Positions should be remembered. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/994217/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs