[systemsettings] [Bug 338495] New: Window placement should be "Centered" by default or "Smart" become modified

[Michael]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338495

            Bug ID: 338495
           Summary: Window placement should be "Centered" by default or
                    "Smart" become modified
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 4.11.10
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: michael at stopthemindspam.com

Using the "Smart" placement model, windows get put in the corners of the screen
when they first appear on the monitor. In this day and age of large screens, it
doesn't make sense for windows to be put in the corner on lower-resolution and
smaller screens of the past.

I find that I often moving windows from their initial corner location to the
center of my 16:10 ratio monitor so I can focus on it. This extra clicking and
moving is annoying. 

I also saw a YouTube video where a son has his newbie mom review various OSes,
and Kubuntu was one of them (start at 4:50 on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLpJ63tfXJs). He gave his mom the task of
finding the calculator and doing a math problem. She found KCalc, clicked on it
in the application launcher, and then it appeared in the upper-left hand corner
of her large screen. It seemed silly and unfriendly to see such a small window
appear in the corner rather than front and center. 

An alternative would be to fix the "Smart" window placement so that it places
it around an imaginary ring in the center of the monitor, which would take into
account larger monitors.

The window placement model is System Settings 4.x -> Window Behavior -> Window
Behavior tab -> Advanced tab -> Placement drop-down list.

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