On the other hand, I'm one of the people who believe the top bar is useless waste of space. And is one the reasons I don't use Gnome Shell.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Josh Leverette <[email protected]> wrote: > Attached is a screenshot of me playing Starcraft II in a jury-rigged means > of achieving the fullscreen mode I think is so much fun to use in practice. > Currently, my wine configuration disables window decorations and has a > virtual desktop that's a few pixels shorter than my desktop, so it > automagically appears like this. I've been able to achieve a similar effect > using Steel Storm II: Burning Retribution, and the game play works > fantastically in both setups. > Advantages: > > The absolute-black color of the bar does not bother the eyes, your brain > writes it off as not disturbing the full screen effect. > You have instant access to the current time and day, and it just feels like > a good general system overview, and it feels like a dashboard for you while > you're in game, giving you an overview of your system. > It's a consistent appearance in line with when you're on the desktop > normally. > If you tap the SuperKey/WindowsKey, you can instantly switch away from the > game without delay on the Wine game, and switch tasks. (the native Steel > Storm game does not allow this.) > From a gamer's perspective, these things make it more fun to play Starcraft > II on Linux than on Windows. I would love to see this extended as the > default fullscreen mode (but a preference option would probably be needed in > system settings), and it would be amazing if the superkey escape could be > enforced in all fullscreen apps, finally allowing a way out of games. As it > is, the mouse is fully captured so there is no risk of hitting the > Activities hot corner or any of that. > > -- > Sincerely, > Josh > _______________________________________________ > 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
