The Old New Thing

November 26, 2012 - The Old New Thing

Puzzling triple rainbow clearly identifies location of pot of gold

November 26, 2012 Nov 26, 2012 11/26/12
Raymond Chen
I noted to some friends that the weather forecast for Seattle two weekends ago called for rain on Friday, rain on Saturday, and rain on Sunday. But at least on Monday, the forecast was not for rain. It was for heavy rain. One of the consequences of Seattle's annual Rain Festival (runs from January 1 to December 31) is that we get plenty of ...

How does the window manager decide where to place a newly-created window?

November 26, 2012 Nov 26, 2012 11/26/12
Raymond Chen
Amit wonders how Windows chooses where to place a newly-opened window on a multiple-monitor system and gives as an example an application whose monitor choice appears inconsistent. The easy part is if the application specifies where it wants the window to be. In that case, the window is placed at the requested location. How the application ...