Applications go foreground when not needed
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compiz (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Ubuntu version: 9.10 and 10.04, most probably others too.
Applications go foreground immediately when something happens in them, eg. when dialog is shown or when they're started. It happens even if user is busy with another app and thus produces a very bad user experience.
Repro:
1. Start synaptic, mark some packages for installation and apply changes.
2. Open some other app, eg. firefox and start doing anything with it.
How does it work:
3. When something changes during that time in synaptic, it will get foreground.
4. You get angry if were busy with doing some important stuff. ;)
How should it work:
3. When something changes during that time in synaptic, its button on notification area blinks, but it doesn't gets foreground.
4. You can continue your work without disruptions, but are aware of changes in synaptic.
The same rule should apply to applications started simultaneously. If user is working with an application, just started programs should not disrupt his work.
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #1 |
| affects: | gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) → compiz (Ubuntu) |
| Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
it's a wm issue not a gnome-desktkop one