On Mon, 2019-03-25 at 10:49 -0400, Pat Suwalski wrote: > On 2019-03-25 10:37 a.m., Emmanuele Bassi wrote: > > On a default gnome install on any modern screen, only > > about 25% of the top bar contains any information at all. It can't be > > "the most important real estate" and be so underutilized. > > > > It's important because it's the UI element that is *always visible* at > > all times. > > So let me hide it. Everyone's happy.
Off-topic different conversation - feel free to find the corresponding ticket (which likely will explain GNOME's visual identity to you). > > If an application is in the background, why do you need to see an icon > > all the time? > > Because I got an IM while I was away from my desk. It shows up in the > completely useless notification menu that is under the clock. Its > notification got clobbered by Rhythmbox's notification that the song > changed while I was on the can. I wonder why I never see my original > notification. You may want to disable "Plugins > Notifications" in Rhythmbox to not flood your notification area with things you don't consider helpful. > Alternative: oh hey, the Pidgin icon is flashing! Some flashing stuff is a good description of super annoying distracting behavior (compared to a default notification in the notification area). > > If the application needs to notify you of any state change while it's > > hidden, it can use a notification; if you need an icon to interact with > > a background application, you can literally re-launch it from the dash > > or from the applications grid, and you'll get an application window. > > Keepass: I want the icon so I can click it and it makes the correct > password available o nthe clipboard. I don't see a big issue in switching to a window in which Keepass is running. That's probably two clicks instead of one though, admitted. > Screen recording: I want a place on > screen to click to stop it without recording a window change. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R exists: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-keyboard-shortcuts.html > Screen sharing: icon shows me that someone is connected (this > information is useless hidden in a menu). I'd expect an icon in the upper right corner (like for screencasts). Cheers, andre -- Andre Klapper | ak...@gmx.net https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
