Numbers or icons aren't necessary on the workspaces because the pie
thrower is not for organizing windows, but rather putting them aside.
That said, it would be nice to simply have rectangles representing all
the workspaces appear on a long hold, so one could have a little more
control regarding where the window goes.
On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Tanner Doshier <[email protected]> wrote:
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm167/Rovanion/PieThrowermockup3.png?t=1271418807
Now the issue with this extended view is just that the different
workspaces aren't represented by numbers in the Shell. And I'm not
quite shure how you would represent each workspace. By showing icons
of the apps running on that desktop? Seems like an ugly solution.
I would defiantly be against using the numbers to represent the
workspaces because PieThrower would be the only area of the Shell
where the workspaces would have numbers, which is confusing/not
helpful. Also, I'm not keen on the icons of the apps for each
workspace, it just complicates things.
I think the original mock-up using simple, clean arrows is the best
way to go about it. For the extended view (more than one workspace)
a double arrow (like fast forward buttons) would throw the window
over two workspaces (my original suggestion). I like the arrows
because its simple and to the point; one arrow will throw the window
one workspace, two arrows will throw the window two workspaces, and
so on. This works because most people have a feeling or
visualization of where the current workspace (and their work) is in
relation to the others, not by what number they are on, but simply
by its position in the entire array (the visualization part is
helped by the Overview, which displays the workspaces in position
with respect to the others, not by their number or even what apps
are running in them).
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