Hello E developers, I have been using E17 for quite some time now, and I am really impressed with your work. I wonder, however, about one design choice you made and would like to know your reasons.
Modules in E are part of the Desktop and thus below all windows. So to be able to see and use them, the user must not cover a rather large are of the desktop with windows. I think it's a pity to surrender so much precious screen real estate to the desktop. The wonderful Engage module, for example, is only really usable when you enable zooming. But if you do, most zoomed icons end up beneath some window, so you can't click on them. So, why are modules part of the desktop? Why was this design choice made? One alternative I could think of is to make modules part of a special module layer that hovers _above_ all windows and which can be toggled on mouse click or which is faded in when the mouse approaches the screen border. I am aware that this would be a problem transparency-wise, but I, personally, could live with shaped modules until X's damage and composite extensions are ready for practical use. Thanks for your opinion, Felix ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
