Re: [Usability] alphabetic sorting of dynamic content

["Elijah Newren" <newren gmail com>]

On 5/2/06, Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 20:29 -0600, Elijah Newren wrote:
> > On 5/1/06, Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 17:22 -0600, Elijah Newren wrote:
> > > > Mapping order, yes...and it is still the order used; I have no idea
> > > > why you would observe otherwise.
>
> Actually it's no longer true -- CVS HEAD uses alphabetical sorting based
> on the user's locale.
>
> Vincent and Fred Crozat confirmed this on IRC, and see also gnome
> bug 171804, in which this sorted behaviour was requested, and lack
> of it reported as a bug.

Ah, for libwnck-style grouped windows (this does not happen for
windows that aren't grouped).  Libwnck-style grouped windows are
inherently broken anyway.  Trying to fix those are a waste of time, in
my opinion.  But, feel free to try to convince Vincent to fix it.  :) 
If you want a system that works, just turn libwnck's grouping off. 
This is only one bug of many affecting those, and while this one may
be fixable, many of the others are not.

> Maybe a context menu option to sort the list would be better?

Maybe nuking libwnck grouping (or rewriting the grouping algorithm at
the very least) and all associated prefs and a couple dozen unfixable
grouping bugs would be better.  IMNSHO, anyway.