On 17 Apr 2007, at 13:59, Jesse Ross wrote: > Yep -- I really like this idea too. Although, I'm probably going to > give you only two screen edges to add windows/objects to, as the left > side will likely stay reserved for Project switching (and perhaps > short cuts for search windows -- I'm still working that out).
Okay. I am not completely sure how project switching should work yet. > The big remaining questions then are: > > - If this can be done for any object, does this then take the place > of the Shelf? I would say it does. Another way of thinking about it is that it is a shelf. We get a tabbed shelf if we drag objects that contain other objects to the side, because the container becomes a tab. We get a non-tabbed shelf if we just drag the items. The shelf takes exactly as much space as it needs to, we get full spacial-skill and no screen clutter except when it's in use. > - Do these window stay global, or are they Project-specific? (ie: > when we switch to another Project do they disappear or persist?) I think they should be per-project. The floating shelf is for global items, the screen edges are part of the project. This gives us a nice visual clue, because the screen edges look like part of the screen, while the floating shelf will fade in and look conceptually separate. > - Wouldn't a miniature view of the window be better than a tab > (since some documents may not have names anyway)? Depends on the thing being shrunk. For windows-that-are-objects, yes, an icon or mini-window would be better. For objects-that-are- collections, maybe not. Going back to Isaiah's document-based web browser, you could drag a generic container labeled 'bookmarks' to the edge, and have it as a place to drop links while you are browsing. While on this idea; it is starting to grow on me. I think web browsing is used in two contexts: 1) As the primary task (i.e. procrastinating) 2) As an assistant (e.g. when using a web view to look up documentation) For the first, a dedicated Procrastination project would be ideal (maybe put some games in there as well). Or call it 'Research' and pretend you are actually doing work. You want all your bookmarks etc. stored in the same location as the browser for this. For the second, you want a web view, and little else. Maybe a small collection of links (e.g. AppKit Reference, Foundation Reference, etc), but most importantly you want to be able to throw this at the edge of your screen to make the clutter go away when you are not using it. The web view would be part of the project, but I think we want to possibly have some way of visually differentiating between editable and non-editable views (e.g. PDF / Web views). Thoughts? _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
