How about a Journal drop-box in the message area? Yes, it doesn't fit with the goals of the message tray, but it does seem intuitive enough. Just a thought.
-- Akshay http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~akshay/ 2011/6/4 António Fernandes <[email protected]> > Hello. This is my first post on this list, which I have been reading for > the last 8 months. As such, I shall start with a thank you for everyone who > contributed for Gnome Shell! It is an amazing desktop experience! > > I have read Federico's narrative and mockups [0] and have some thoughts and > ideas I would like to share. I think the proposed design of the Journal is > more window-like than overview-like. In other words, I think the proposed > behavior and features would work better (and more consistently with the > whole desktop experience) as an application window than as an overview tab. > > Lets take the calendar as an example: we have got the Gnome Shell menu and > a full-featured calendar application (Evolution). All the management is done > in the application window. The Calendar menu is a simple (yet useful) > read-only list of events with the "Open Calendar" option to open the > full-featured application. > > I think the Journal could be integrated in a similar way: a simple > read-only view of Journal events (clicking on them would open the > corresponding file/conversation/etc.), and with the option "Open Journal" to > open the full-featured Journal application. > That Journal integration could be either a new tab inside the Activities > overview or a new menu on the Top Bar. > > I have also thought about a third option: having both Journal and Calendar > events in the clock menu. [1] I'm not sure if it makes sense, but they both > deal with events. Don't mind this if it is a stupid idea. :D > > Sorry for the long text and my bad English. > > António > > [0] http://people.gnome.org/~federico/news-2011-05.html#narrative > [1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14961025/journal-calendar.png > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
_______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
