On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 11:21 +0000, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 08:50 +1100, Bojan Smojver wrote: > > > For expose, I'm sorry that you don't like, but before we remove the > > > feature or make it optional, we need to understand why you feel it is > > > wrong. > > > > The problem with expose is that it moves your windows around and resizes > > them, many times unnecessarily. > > > > When one uses workspaces, it is often not required to have windows that > > overlap each other. In other words, one sets the windows on each worspace > > so that they are fully visible. That's the point of having workspaces - you > > get much more screen real estate. The eye and the brain "remember" the size > > and the position of windows. > > I'm somewhat worried by the seemingly exclusive focus of Shell design on > a workspace-based method of window organization.
What make you think that we are exclusively focused on workspaces? Our expectation is really that a lot of users will never use them. (*I* don't use them any more except for specialized things like working with the GIMP) We removed one way of switching windows and applications (the task list) and added several more: - The window images in the overview - The app buttons in the dash in the overview - Keyboard search If you *don't* want your windows moved around when selecting them (you don't want that feature of the overview), then wouldn't you just click on them? Alt-Tab, either with keynav or mouse is also expected to be a common way of switching windows for advanced users. - Owen _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
