Modern desktops

Posted Apr 14, 2011 17:37 UTC (Thu) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: Modern desktops by cmorgan
Parent article: Ubuntu reaffirms Unity plan for 11.04

Windows doesn't use FFM.

I haven't used Windows in a very long time, but I recall that Microsoft used to offer a "power tweak" package or something similarly-named that enabled FFM.

FFM doesn't work very well on Windows because Windows automatically raises the window that has focus. My Linux desktop works properly; the window with the focus isn't necessarily raised (although some apps like LibreOffice have a nasty habit of deciding to raise themselves unasked.)

TweakUI

Posted Apr 15, 2011 18:12 UTC (Fri) by CChittleborough (subscriber, #60775) [Link]

Microsoft provide TweakUI and a bunch of other "PowerToys" for Windows. TweakUI makes it easy to tweak several dozen registry settings, including enabling FFM. One of the first things I do on every Windows system I use regularly is install TweakUI and change that setting.

Modern desktops

Posted Apr 18, 2011 10:31 UTC (Mon) by nye (subscriber, #51576) [Link]

>FFM doesn't work very well on Windows because Windows automatically raises the window that has focus

FWIW, this is optional behaviour in Windows as with any sane window manager.