Wayland design principles - Pekka Paalanen (lists.freedesktop.org)
from that_leaflet@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 17 Dec 20:24
https://lemmy.world/post/23250906

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/23250905

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30p87@feddit.org on 17 Dec 20:47 next collapse

So, in short: Not the program devs decide where and how windows are presented to you, you decide. Which I very much love.

that_leaflet@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 21:00 collapse

Same. I briefly had an M4 Mac Mini and one of the things I instantly missed about Linux was Wayland.

I always want new windows to open on the middle of the screen I am currently working on, but on Windows and MacOS they just go wherever they want.

30p87@feddit.org on 17 Dec 23:47 collapse

And I love the 100% predictability of where windows will open: Either on the workspace I explicitly configured, out of my sight, or to the right/below the currently focused container. And the settings for that are always in the same place, ~/.config/sway/

wiki_me@lemmy.ml on 18 Dec 17:22 collapse

Yeah, but i think any programmable system should allow low level constructs if the high level constructs are not enough.

iirc this caused serious problems with wine because the API of windows requires setting coordinates.