Hi Bob, On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 12:10 -0700, Spencer, Bob wrote: > How about plugable/replaceable panels? Then Greg and Denis can team > up to create the KDE version and swap theirs in. I kind of like the > KDE picture.
Not sure what you mean by pluggable / replaceable. The api is there to write more / other panels and you should be able to create a different ks file to build in MIC2 an image with your apps panel instead of the default one. Paul PS - you do know you can type a search rather than going through the categories? Mostly that's how I use the apps panel. > Currently some apps require: Click, scroll, click, scroll to launch > (e.g. "Moblin app installer" in Settings). And so much of the screen > is filled with gray category bars. > > Attached is another layout idea I had awhile ago. Not the most > innovative, but more icons, fewer clicks. Now we just need > plugability and we can all make our own :) > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Skyles, Greg S > > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:34 AM > > To: ????? ????????????; Moblin Developers ML > > Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Application panel > > > > Personally, I like it. I find all the scrolling back and > > forth in the current "accordion" model a bit tiresome. I > > seem to always want to use some application from the bottom, > > then one from the top, then one from the bottom, etc... > > > > -Greg > > > > "You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a > > squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet." > > -Hal Borland > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:56 > > To: Moblin Developers ML > > Subject: [Moblin Dev] Application panel > > > > Hi! > > > > I want to suggest new interface for Application panel. > > It looks like kde's netbook-plasma application tab. I think it is more > > usable than accordion. > > > > Mockup is attached. > > > > The main ideas are: > > - One row for favorite applications > > - No "labels" for favorite applications. If application is > > favorite, i > > think user can recognize it only by icon and later will choose it > > automatically. > > - Using icons for categories, instead of titles. > > - Use scrollbar only for applications list block, not for all window. > > > > Also have idea to remove search bar. Precisely, to reduce its > > size. Usually, > > it is enough to input 3-5 characters to find application. > > > > What do you think? > > > > -- > > Best regards > > Denis Nevmerzhitsky > > > _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List > [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin > Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists -- Intel Open Source Technology Centre http://oss.intel.com/ _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
