[Ayatana] Window switching

Hi guys, I've been using Unity on my main desktop for a few days now, and I'm getting incredibly frustrated with the behaviour of switching between multiple windows of the same app. Say for example I have three windows open, and I minimize two of them I can't find a way to get to one of the minimi

[Ayatana] Grid snapping and corresponding animations are sloppy in function and appearance.

The grid animations look ever so slightly rubbish, for a number of reasons. One which is more of a “design decision” is this: because of the way snap animations start to appear when you're sorta-maybe-nearby to the screen edge, I seem to get a number of abortive animations, usually popping in and

[Ayatana] plans for a Spread Mode launcher icon?

I noticed there is a Workspaces launcher icon. But I generally don't use Workspaces. I do use Spread Mode (super + W) for the workspace I'm in all the time. Is there a way or are there plans to have a Launcher icon for Spread Mode? This way i have the option of super + W or clicking the icon? S

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 19:31 -0400, nick rundy wrote: > This is my concern as well. Many people including myself use the > appearance of the scroll bar to gain info on page length and size of > page content. This helps me gauge size for print jobs as well as how > much content is available for readi

Re: [Ayatana] PLEASE don't make launcher appear when cursor touches left side of screen

I think you can turn this behavior off. From the control center, go to launchers & menus, then set it back to the old setting. That said, I haven't found it a problem personally, and I do spend a lot of time on the left side of the screen. You have to push to get it to show, so I've found it hard

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

This is my concern as well. Many people including myself use the appearance of the scroll bar to gain info on page length and size of page content. This helps me gauge size for print jobs as well as how much content is available for reading. > From: xclae...@gmail.com > To: mitja.pa...@inueni.

Re: [Ayatana] PLEASE don't make launcher appear when cursor touches left side of screen

If this indeed changes, I will not be using unity as my desktop. With previous desktop environments, my cursor constanly touches the left side of the screen unintentionally and the appearance of hidden bars (whether Windows taskbar or unity launcher) are always interrupting my work when i don'

Re: [Ayatana] Rendering Status of Elements when Lens is Active

That's a nice mockup. I wonder if the direction changed since then, because Unity was just updated to change the Dash visual designwhenever a Lens is open to fix this bug . Now, I won

[Ayatana] Some Unity ideas on the Brainstorm

Hi, I have opened a new brainstorm ticket at: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27544 It talks about Unity UI improvement, suggesting some options and features to introduce on the new Ubuntu UI. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___

Re: [Ayatana] New Unity lens - Contact lens

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Thibaut Brandscheid wrote: > The two key needs I tried to address with my idea are: > 1. The need for fast and uncomplicated access to your address book > contact information. > 2. Fast access to contact related actions (keyboard friendly - new > mail, chat, show

Re: [Ayatana] New Unity lens - Contact lens

2011/4/11 Ian Santopietro : > That said, I'm not sure the launcher API in its current form is > set up to handle complex results like that. What about having the Contacts > Lense return a list of contacts with photos (like the results for a file or > application), then, when clicked, the contact is

Re: [Ayatana] New Unity lens - Contact lens

Hi. Congrats on your first post! That's an awesome mockup. I like the simplicity of it all. That said, I'm not sure the launcher API in its current form is set up to handle complex results like that. What about having the Contacts Lense return a list of contacts with photos (like the results for a

[Ayatana] New Unity lens - Contact lens

Hi All I want to suggest a new Unity lens for the upcoming Ubuntu version Oneiric Ocelot. The two key needs I tried to address with my idea are: 1. The need for fast and uncomplicated access to your address book contact information. 2. Fast access to contact related actions (keyboard friendly - n

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

- "Conscious User" wrote: > > The problem *is* clear: "scrollbars are optimized for cursor driven > UI but they became easily unnecessary and bulky on touchable and > small screen devices." > Actually it's not, the definition is vague and overly generalized. Also it's based on a fals

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

> Sorry, but every pixel counts is not a definition of a problem. Before > coming up with a solution, first you have to define what the problem > you are trying to solve is. This is the supposed problem as defined by > Christian Giordano, the man behind this scroll bar implementation: > > "Today

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

2011/4/11 Martín Soto : > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Mitja Pagon > wrote: >> >> I see this scrollbars as another solution in search of a problem to solve >> and in the process introducing more problems than it solves.  When will >> people realize that this is not the right approach to do th

Re: [Ayatana] Alerted windows and the launcher

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 14:09 +0200, Jamu Kakar wrote: > While this is useful, I find I have to focus a bit more than I'd like > to see which window is alerted. The blue BFB button isn't enough for > me to know what window requires my attention, because many kinds of > alerts cause it to change stat

[Ayatana] Alerted windows and the launcher

Hi, I upgraded to Unity a couple days ago and I'm really enjoying it, great work everyone! One minor niggle I've come across is that I'm finding launcher alerts are a bit too subtle. One of the behaviours from classic GNOME that I like very much is that, in X-Chat GNOME in particular, the window

Re: [Ayatana] Scrollbars and Fitt's Law

+1, this design (being inside the window) looks better. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Valentin wrote: > Hi! > > In my opinion, the new scroll bars have a decisive disadvantage. They are > right on the sides of the desktop not clickable (Fitt's Law: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

Hello, Note that my grand father already forget to read the whole email in evolution because he does not see the scrollbar. With the new scrollbar he will for sure never read long emails! Not only the scrollbar is small, but when that part of the window does not have the focus, it does not even h

Re: [Ayatana] Rendering Status of Elements when Lens is Active

I am totally with you on this one. It looks like the original design was intended to be a bit different, check out this beautiful mockup: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/68218500/unity_dash_01.png (Taken from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/750374 ) There is a very clear division betw

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

- "Martín Soto" wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Mitja Pagon < mitja.pa...@inueni.com > > wrote: > > I see this scrollbars as another solution in search of a problem to solve and > in the process introducing more problems than it solves. When will people > realize that t

[Ayatana] Scrollbars and Fitt's Law

Hi! In my opinion, the new scroll bars have a decisive disadvantage. They are right on the sides of the desktop not clickable (Fitt's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law ). Here is a mockup of how to solve the problem: http://img96.imageshack.us/i/scrollbars.png/ Have a nice day ;-)

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Mitja Pagon wrote: > I see this scrollbars as another solution in search of a problem to solve > and in the process introducing more problems than it solves. When will > people realize that this is not the right approach to do things. > The main advantage of the

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

I see this scrollbars as another solution in search of a problem to solve and in the process introducing more problems than it solves. When will people realize that this is not the right approach to do things. Cheers, Mitja - "Xavier Claessens" wrote: > Hello, > > I discovered recent

Re: [Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 09:43 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote: > I discovered recently natty as a new scrollbar, as exposed by Mark > Shuttleworth himself: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/615 > > Here are my issues: > > * I can’t middle click to jump to a position > * I need a long time to f

[Ayatana] New natty scrollbar issues

Hello, I discovered recently natty as a new scrollbar, as exposed by Mark Shuttleworth himself: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/615 Here are my issues: * I can’t middle click to jump to a position * I can’t click on the bar to make a big jump * I need a long time to find where the bar i