On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Onyeibo Oku <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/20/2011 10:11 PM, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: > > Because the mockup/screenshot took a minute or two to come up, here's > a mirror: http://i.imgur.com/MPqe2.png > > Thanks man > > Most people who are asking for a "taskbar" are really asking for an > easier way to switch windows. Speaking on my own, I really, really > like this idea, with a few caveats: > > :) > > 1) I don't like the way you trigger it: it will probably frustratng > that touching the top of the screen by accident is a bit 'destructive' > in terms of workflow, but that can be fixed. > 2) It's a bad idea that all the window close buttons are lined up like > that, so we should probably hide the close button on all windows but > the current one. > 3) What happens with skinny windows? Will they just have a really, > really big title bar? What about windows that have a specified max > size? > > Very genuine considerations. Any ideas? I mean, for me the concept of > emerging title bars is what I'm marketing here. I didn't consider details. > > Having the "title bar" be a lookalike would probably be better: when > you trigger it, a window list of lookalike window decorations, without > close buttons, slides down, 'pushing' the current window down, and > selecting a window fades the real window you selected in. > > I'm trying to paint a mental picture of your description but its blurry. > Could you make a sketch? A rough pencil sketch should get my rusty > imaginative capabilities back online. Then I might be able to enhance it. >
Just spent 20-30 minutes making this: http://jsfiddle.net/tmcvN/2/ _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
