Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings [LWN.net]

Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings

Posted Oct 13, 2013 13:39 UTC (Sun) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)
In reply to: Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings by tjc
Parent article: Cinnamon 2.0 released

It is quite easy to emulate 3 buttons on a touchpad, but no distro make that easy: (tap -> Button1, Left button->Button2, Right button->Button3).

Desktop environment should try to appeal to users that do not like Windows/OS X, because the others will keep using Windows/OS X no matter what. Unfortunately they tend to aim at the opposite, due to the mistaken notion the later group is larger than the former.

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Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings

Posted Oct 14, 2013 12:14 UTC (Mon) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link] (4 responses)

I'd rather use something which has its own ideas instead of just being anti or pro something else.

Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings

Posted Oct 16, 2013 19:23 UTC (Wed) by deepfire (guest, #26138) [Link] (3 responses)

It would be more satisfying if you, as a GNOME 3 representative, tried to answer the actual question (vertical maximise), rather than a tangentiality.

Of course I'm not at any liberty to ask you of anything. So, just a note.

Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings

Posted Oct 16, 2013 20:13 UTC (Wed) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link] (2 responses)

The reason for not answering is simple, I don't know. Answering "I don't know" is pointless noise.

Checked it a bit, Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Windows allows you to assign a keyboard shortcut to do vertical or horizontal maximization.

Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings

Posted Oct 16, 2013 20:24 UTC (Wed) by deepfire (guest, #26138) [Link] (1 responses)

Thank you!

I know I used vertical maximization in Gnome 3, until it disappeared from my perception -- I believe that happened around 3.8. But the kind I used was triggered by double-clicking the titlebar (titlebar double-click action was configurable). I expected that it was removed altogether, rather than relegated to a keyboard-only action..

Cinnamon 2.0 released - mixed feelings

Posted Oct 19, 2013 17:35 UTC (Sat) by james (guest, #1325) [Link]

The Gnome tweak tool allows you to restore this action through a simple GUI. In Fedora (19), this is in the gnome-tweak-tool package.