@Mark: Sorry about the double, I forgot to hit my "Reply All". I find that setting the backlights to toggle gives me a good visual indication of what's running and what isn't. Maybe this should be the default behavior?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian Santopietro <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 09:18 Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Group Active Applications at One Place To: Mark Curtis <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], Ayatana Mailing List < [email protected]> I find that setting the backlights to toggle gives me a good visual indication of what's running and what isn't. Maybe this should be the default behavior? On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 08:14, Mark Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > Running application are available at a glance with the light to the left > of the icon. > Grouping them together would mean that the placement of the icons would > constantly change, hindering muscle memory. > The problem may be that running application are still difficult to pin > point even with the lights, but I don't think constantly shuffling icons is > the solution. > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:57:29 +0000 > > Subject: [Ayatana] Group Active Applications at One Place > > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is Nitesh and this is my first mail to Ayatana Team. I recently > > filed a bug in Launchpad and I will repeat the same here as advised. > > > > Active applications in Unity currently don't group at one place and they > > are scattered at various spots in the launcher, even in the icons that > > are folded in accordion style. This is a real pain because we should > > know what applications are currently active in one glance. Since we > > cannot see the entire launcher at one go, specially in large monitors, > > it takes quite a effort to spot and open apps that are active. It get > > worse when apps are pinned way at the bottom as they remain folded even > > when they are active. Hope you get the idea. > > > > The solution would to group them at top or at a place where active apps > > can be quickly spotted. > > > > Screenshots: > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/736683/+attachment/1914060/+files/Screenshot-1.png > , > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/736683/+attachment/1914061/+files/Screenshot-2.png > > > > Launchpad bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/736683 > > -- > > This message was sent from Launchpad by > > dart (https://launchpad.net/~dart-v85) > > using the "Contact this team" link on the Ayatana Discussion team page > > (https://launchpad.net/~ayatana). > > For more information see > > https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Ian Santopietro CEO - Prodigy Games "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 -- Ian Santopietro CEO - Prodigy Games "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234
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