This topic only comes up at least once a month with people asking for it. So
yeah clearly it's not a good idea, good job listening to your users GNOME.
> Subject: Re: A task panel
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 17:57:38 +0200
> CC: [email protected]
>
> Hi!
>
> Just to sum this topic up: I discussed this with owen on IRC and he
> doesn't think it is a good idea and as such I won't waste my time on it.
>
> If someone wants to create a gnome-shell extension he is free to do so.
>
> Regards,
> Johannes
>
> Am Dienstag, den 18.05.2010, 15:55 +0200 schrieb Kao Chen:
> > I am glad to see you love this idea.
> > But I just have some skills with Gimp, that's all. I don't have any
> > talent to make a piece of code.
> > I can just make a other mockup with an hotspot on the corner.
> > http://nsa14.casimages.com/img/2010/05/18/100518034733906311.jpg
> >
> > I have made just an copy paste of the actual Alt-Tab, but if we use a
> > corner, we can imagine it like a circle. I will try build an other
> > mockup but it should need more code to do that.
> >
> > An other things, did I need to add a new page on the design
> > playground?
> > And I try to connect me on the IRC but I should miss something. Did I
> > need an account or an invitation?
> >
> > Thanks for the support
> >
> >
> > 2010/5/18 Milan Bouchet-Valat <[email protected]>
> > Le mardi 18 mai 2010 à 10:47 +0000, [email protected] a écrit :
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > > Now that may be a good way to introduce the user to the
> > alt-tab interface.
> > > > Tough some might not like this a whole lot since it
> > resembles having a
> > > > taskbar.
> > >
> > > I like it! Probably the best replacement for a taskbar I
> > have seen (as it
> > > is no real taskbar to just a clever way to pop up the
> > alt-tab interface).
> > >
> > > I would probably give a try on patching this if there is
> > some feedback
> > > from the design team.
> >
> > I like the idea of having a taskbar too, at least an optional
> > one, and
> > it would be useful to test how users feel with and without it.
> >
> > But I don't think abusing the clock for that purpose is a good
> > idea at
> > all. If you write an extension to do this, please use e.g. the
> > bottom-left corner, which is a much more sensible place for
> > this kind of
> > thing, symmetrical to the message bar in the bottom-right
> > corner.
> >
> > If you want feedback from designers, best is to ping mccann on
> > #gnome-shell.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
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