Fwd: KDesktop patch - usefull?

[Alexander Kellett]

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 02:59:04PM +0200, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> I think linking an operation like desktop switching to the mouse wheel will 
> surprise a lot of people. It's just not what you expect. The effect of a 
> wheel action is usually scrolling a list view, inside an application or a 
> dialog. You don't even expect it to change the active application, or to 
> commence any action at all. Changing to another desktop is what I'd call a 
> "heavy action" (just because it is usually a radical change in what you see 
> on your screen), and it should not be linked to something as "easy" as a 
> spinning of the mouse wheel.

While i'd agree its heavier than a mouse wheel scroll I do not believe that
switching desktop should be as difficult as it currently is with the mouse.
Maybe the mouse wheel could work on the pager?

Oh, and I take back my original comment after seeing Seli's and CT's ;-)

Alex