Re: [dwm] focusnext order in tiled layout

On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:53:48PM +0100, markus schnalke wrote:
>
> Hoi community
>
> I've been using dwm quite some time and always kept to version 2.1,
> cause I never felt the need to upgrade.
> Although I read the mailing list constantly.
>
> So today was the day to have a look at some new version ... just for
> fun. I took the tip (3.5) and tried the NMASTER feature, the perhaps
> biggest improvement.
>
>
> Now what I really want to say:
> With NMASTER > 1
>
> I expected that the focus would circle round clockwise, but it just goes
> down the stacks.
>
>
> Okay, I agree, that typically the windows in the left stack are the
> important ones, so the focus should stay there first.
> But on the other hand, your eyes normally move from left to right before
> they do down ....
>
>
> What do you think about that? Did the current behaviour felt natural to
> you in the beginning, cause the first experience matters much! Maybe you
> heard about the "principle of least surprise".

I think the behavior is correct. I didn't expected it in the way
you expected it as first experience ;)

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