Hi, On 6 October 2011 09:48, Martyn Russell <mar...@lanedo.com> wrote:
> On 06/10/11 09:34, Joaquim Rocha wrote: > >> On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 08:37 +0100, Martyn Russell wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> >>> I love the shell generally though, this is really just where I think we >>> could improve things. >>> >>> >> Hi, >> > > Hi, > > I second Martyn's proposals and I'd like to name a few things that at >> least in my case, could be improved. >> >> The worst part of the shell for me is the bottom tray area (sorry if >> this is not the official name for it). >> Besides being visually ugly (with the gradient background) IMHO, the >> windows' names expanding when the mouse is over the icons is >> disconcerting for me. I have to be extra accurate with the trackball in >> order not to miss the exact icon or it will expand the another one, >> etc... This is especially terrible when I have 10 telepathy buddy icons >> and have to go expanding them all when I try to find a specific buddy >> this way. (Of course I can just open the contacts list but anyway, the >> use case I'm talking about is also valid IMHO) >> >> I think that a good way to fix this is to remove the expanding thing and >> to show the name on top of the icons on mouse-over (as tooltips). >> Something like when rests the mouse on top of an opened app's icon in >> the opened apps list on the left. >> > > Or, similarly to how mac did it? does it? using a jumping icon or changing > the colour or some notification which is subtle. With an icon appearing in > the top (like the battery icon) which allows you to use your contacts > (favourite or recently communicated with and have access to the contacts > app/dialog), that would be a nice way to avoid needing the roster entirely > generally. You could see notifications grouped there. I was struggling with > concepts for this when I worked on Gossip back in the days before Empathy. > It's not an easy UX to come up with. > > You could apply this to the network manager applet/icon too to avoid this > constant bombardment of connection state changes on devices like laptops. > > Of course, this completely conflicts with the current approach and being > able to reply to messages without opening any window. > > For me the issue is more about *not seeing* messages waiting for me and > internally people in Lanedo who have been using gnome-shell < 3.2 only > respond to messages if spoken to directly (i.e. chatrooms messages were > missed). This is likely fixed now I suspect. Either way, I never use the > bottom notification bar and don't think to check it for new events at all. > > > Another thing I think could be given some thought is the notifications. >> I understand how convenient it is to show them on the bottom of the >> screen (it's a "clean" side and helps integrating the chat). The problem >> is that I am often writing on the bottom of the screen (on a terminal or >> chatting with a friend) and a notification comes up, blocking my text. >> This is especially annoying when that notification is a chat window and >> it gets focused, receiving the text I was writing before... >> I don't know a good way to fix it but perhaps it could be given some >> thought by the designers. >> > > I agree. > > > Still on the bottom area, I wish that when my status is available, >> notifications would stick in a visible area. It often happens that I'm >> far from the keyboard for 5 minutes, meanwhile a notification came (say >> someone is trying to chat with me) but timed out and is now hidden in >> the tray area. I end up answering those notifications much later when I >> happen to notice them. Maybe this could be configured so when the status >> is "available" and a notification comes, the tray area would be visible >> constantly until one focus another area. >> > > Yea, precisely the case I see too. > > > I think it'd be also useful if the opened windows' previews (when >> accessing activities) showed their icons, for example on a corner of the >> previews or the the left of their name. >> >> >> Finally, I think that the inclusion of a "close all" option in the apps >> menu (when right-clicking on the left area's icons) would be useful. >> > > I suspect you might want to do this per workspace than all at the same > time. I only close all when rebooting. > > But I also use the extension to place certain apps on particular workspaces > because I am used to my work flow being related to the workspace I am on. > > > -- > Regards, > Martyn > > Founder and CEO of Lanedo GmbH. > ______________________________ > Maybe something like the Ubuntu/Dell brain/ideastorm would be a nice addition to the Gnome website for these sorts of proposals? It may help prioritise those must have features/requests and then developers/UX guys could assign, develop or shootdown the ideas as appropriate? Regards, Nick
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