-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pedro Aguilar schreef: > Hi, > > Since devices like the Neo are used for several things that can be > executed simultaneosuly in the GUI, it could make sense to have a > windowing or virtual desktop support. > > For example, if I'm using a browser in virtual desktop 1 and I receive a > msg from a friend asking me for an info that I can get in Google, I can > search it in the browser and copy-paste it to the response msg window that > is in virtual desktop 2. > In this way I can have 2 or more apps simultaneously that can interact > between them without the need to exiting one for entering another. > > This kins of devices are in wide spread use and the users would appreciate > having more flexibility and integration between the apps.
That's exactly what a full-screen window manager does. > > > Pedro Aguilar > > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer schreef: >>>> Koen Kooi wrote: >>>>>>>> OpenMoko doesn't support windowing, all applications open >>>>>>>> full-screen, >>>>>>> What about modal windows and dialogs? >>>>>> We have full-screen dialogs, half-screen dialogs (confirmation >>>>>> stuff) and (I'm not sure yet where we really want to keep those or >>>>>> rather use the common statusbar at the bottom for those as well) >>>>>> short-lived information popups (think HildonBanner). >>>>> HildonBanner is the infoprint stuff, or in GPE speak 'gpe-what'? >>>> Yeah. Since our lower footer + status bar is always visible, I wonder >>>> whether this might make a better place for temporary messages than an >>>> infoprint. What do you think? > What happens if you have 2 (or more) nearly simultanious messages? Hildon > just overwrites > the previous messages, moko could 'stack' them, or do it like a 'ticker' > in the > statusbars. I don't see a clear winner. > > regards, > > Koen >> _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFoUrAMkyGM64RGpERAhnjAKCZVCOwfw2OaBXc7bGwg5ddtHm7fACgnSzv Gsbp31ySMoXPICnYrWn5woA= =iiaG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community