The Gnome Desktop often has this effect on me...
And that popup pestware is a large part of it.
Another is that Gnome by default launches new windows as minimized which slows down my workflow a lot.
1 Like
Minimized? You mean minimized in the Taskbar? That shouldn't be the default Behaviour.
What you say surprises me. It has consistently behaved that way for me on Zorin OS 12, 15, 17...
When You open a Program, it should open it normally as a Window. It surprises me that You don't have this Experience. I couldn't remember if there is a Setting to open minimized ... I think this could be at least individually by a Program itself.
But even when it would exist, it isn't the default. That You don't have it maximized over the full Screen can be, yes. That seems to depend. But open as a Window should work normal.
I loaded up a copy of Core and tested it.
This gives me a better understanding of what is driving perceptions.
If I open a primary window, like Nautilus or a Web Browser, it launches maximized.
However, a lot of what I do is in IDE's, Gimp, Inkscape, Text Editors... and when you launch a secondary window in any of the ones I tested, it launches minimized.
For example, in GIMP, I would copy a raster image, then ctl+shift+n to transfer to a new window - that launches minimized. It has even caused me to launch several instances, thinking that something glitched until I realized it was on the taskbar.
And... That is easy to do since the default is that they are grouped on the taskbar, making only one icon instance...
1 Like
GNOME telling me x program "is ready" without focusing the window infuriates me beyond belief. -_- What does it think I opened it for?
6 Likes
I can't speak for Gimp or Inkscape, but for the Gnome Text Editor:
When I open a Window and it is empty and then make a Right-Click in the Taskbar on the Icon and choose ''Open new Window'' then I get a new Window. What can can happen: When the first Window is centralized, the new Window will lay over the older.
@Locklear93's Behaviour, I have, too but only when I have an empty .txt File or written something in Text Editor and I open another .txt File with Content. Then I get the Message and in Text Editor is a new Tab open - independently if minimzed or maximized.
When You have that in Gimp and Inkscape, did You take a Look in the Settings if there is maybe an Option to active/deactive to avoid that?
Did you try it with the gnome extension "One window wonderland" (gnome-one-window-wonderland@jqno.nl)? I use it when I want all windows opened maximized in gnome. You can set the gap size to 0 in the settings.
Had I spent time trying to solve it, I might have been able to - it was one of a large number of Gnome Quirks that adds to the list of all the reasons I avoid Gnome.
I have experienced this many of times, mostly from using the screenshot APP, or Gnome software updater. It most certainly can be annoying for sure. At this point, I am used to it, cause there is nothing I can do to change it. It is what it is.
Well... you can...
...but is a secret only known to Aravisian... I guess it may involve a 
Oh not at all. To me, the hint seemed obvious.
Society teaches us we must accept certain things and while this is valid even as a life context, it is not necessarily true.
We must accept consequences of choices.
Patronizing or using a product is a choice.
And using a product without applying direct selective pressure to its development is a choice of ommission.
Many of us voice a wide array of concerns over Gnome, its direction and its controls.
Even so, Gnome as an environment has a great deal to offer and can be a workhorse when properly configured.
End Users can proactively influence direction and development of Gnome, no matter how stubborn or control-hungry the Gnome developers get - simply because a lack of users or a huge swath of users that are unhappy cannot be denied.
We just don't.
We just choose not to.
That's work. It's easier to.... just accept it. Tell ourselves we can't.
We can't do anything.
We have been told to tell ourselves that - all our lives.
This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.