Le samedi 19 novembre 2011 à 09:21 -0600, Josh Leverette a écrit : > 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
Hi, It's clear that switching between fullscreen game and desktop is often a real pain. You might like to see and contribute to this page: http://live.gnome.org/Design/Proposals/WindowStates _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
