GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Sep 30, 2011 15:19 UTC (Fri) by james (subscriber, #1325)
In reply to: GNOME 3.2 released by SLi
Parent article: GNOME 3.2 released

I notice it says "Focus-follows-mouse handling has improved, though more work is needed", and they plan to improve it further for 3.4.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Oct 3, 2011 20:02 UTC (Mon) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861) [Link] (6 responses)

Anyone know the details? FFM is a deal-breaker for me. I can probably get used to a lot of things but my motor memory for bumping/nudging/throwing my mouse and typing away is deeply ingrained after 20+ years of use. I'm very productive with this and I'm not interested in changing it.

Personally, as someone who's normal desktop is dual monitors with a total size of 3840x1200 pixels, I really hate the idea of the single menu bar. What a PITA, to have to travel my mouse all that distance to hit the menu! So, my preferred way to solve the FFM issue would be to allow me to turn off the single menu bar in the first place, then it wouldn't be an issue.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Oct 4, 2011 14:41 UTC (Tue) by ebassi (subscriber, #54855) [Link] (5 responses)

Personally, as someone who's normal desktop is dual monitors with a total size of 3840x1200 pixels, I really hate the idea of the single menu bar. What a PITA, to have to travel my mouse all that distance to hit the menu! So, my preferred way to solve the FFM issue would be to allow me to turn off the single menu bar in the first place, then it wouldn't be an issue.

I think you're confusing GNOME with Unity. GNOME does not have a single menu bar.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Oct 4, 2011 15:10 UTC (Tue) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861) [Link] (4 responses)

You're absolutely right: that's an embarrassing mistake. Mea culpa.

So then, what's the problem with FFM in Gnome 3? Why didn't it work/why does it need improvement?

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Oct 4, 2011 15:24 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link] (1 responses)

There's a few cases where the wrong window gets focus. Other than that, it's fairly usable.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Oct 4, 2011 15:52 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

Well, turning it on is less than intuitive: http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/gnome-3-focus-follows-mo...

And occasionally the highlight will be on one window while the keyboard input goes to another. This is not a big deal, just move the mouse. Apparently this is fixed in 3.2.

Overall, like you say, FFM in Gnome 3 works.

Focus-follows-mouse

Posted Oct 4, 2011 15:26 UTC (Tue) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

I use FFM exclusively under GNOME 3. As far as I can tell, it works just fine; it's one thing that's not on my list of gripes.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Oct 4, 2011 16:18 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

You're thinking of the global application menu. http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Applicatio... It's true, if you have to cross another window when moving to the app menu, you're boned.

No big deal, the app menu is not really used in 3.0.