On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:05:40PM -0200, Lalo Martins wrote: > On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:32:43PM +0100, Peter Graf wrote: > > Framebuffer implementation seems feasible, but the PDA-style > > windowmanagement of picoGUI is not suitable. Apart from windowmanagement, > > the picoGUI architecture seems to fit quite good. > > > > Is there work in progress for PicoGUI desktop-style windowmanagement, esp. > > overlapping windows for multitasking applications? > > For the technical answers, please refer to Micah's reply. I, however, want > to make some usability/HCI comments on this. > > It is *not* correct to refer to overlapping windows as "desktop-style" and > PicoGUI's as "PDA-style". The non-overlapping mode of PicoGUI is perfectly > fit for desktops, and in fact it is *better* than overlapping. Heck, I'm > looking forward to (and working on) using PicoGUI as my desktop, and I will > as soon as it has enough tools for me to do my work. > > In real-life practice, I *never* have seen anyone using overlapping windows > for real work. Most people use one single "maximized" window at a time, > others (when there is legitimate need to have more than one app or set of > data readily available) use "tiling" (spreading the windows so that they > don't overlap). Except for dialog boxes, overlapping windows are extremely > confusing and unintuitive. > > Micah: I register my plead that even if you waste your time rewriting the > engine to support overlapping, the fabulous, innovative, non-overlapping app > manager remains the default.
:) I definitely agree that overlapping windows are terrible for usability. The current panel app manager needs improvement though. Also, someday I'll write an app manager that takes the best features of ion, the current panel manager, and blender. That would make a nice default! --Micah > > []s, > |alo > +---- > -- > Those who trade freedom for security > lose both and deserve neither. > -- > http://www.laranja.org/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > pgp key: http://www.laranja.org/pessoal/pgp > > Eu jogo RPG! (I play RPG) http://www.eujogorpg.com.br/ > GNU: never give up freedom http://www.gnu.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Pgui-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel -- Only you can prevent creeping featurism! ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Pgui-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel
