On 17 May 2011 23:46, Matt Wheeler <m...@funkyhat.org> wrote: > Offtopic but... > > On 17 May 2011 17:29, "Liam Proven" <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > [snip] >> Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a >> window to the back of the stack? It's very handy. That is the one >> Linux feature I most miss when using Windows - I curse its absence >> several times an hour. > > There is a utility for Windows called taekwindow[0] which adds this > behaviour as well as alt+drag to move and alt+middle/right drag to > resize. It's one of the first things I install on Windows and I have > it on my memory stick too :) > >> The other use for middle-clicking is clipboardless copy & paste - >> select text in one place, middle-click elsewhere and whatever is >> selected is inserted where you click. Huge timesaver and again >> something I really miss on both Windows and Mac OS X > > This is something I really miss on other operating systems too. > > [0] http://taekwindow.net/
Nifty - thanks! Sadly, because most of my Windows usage is maintaining & fixing other people's computers, often including big servers and so on, I can't just install stuff to make life more pleasant... But it's worth knowing and I'll put it on my own installs. Cheers! -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
