Re: [Desktop12.04-Topic] Multi-screen setups
Le 05/10/2011 17:00, Dereck Wonnacott a écrit : I use a laptop with an external monitor on a daily basis, I've upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 in hope of finding better multi-screen support but was quite disappointed. My laptop has an Nvidia card and I was not able to activate my external monitor with unity 3D. [BUG 864784] HOWEVER, Unity 2D is surprisingly pleasant! I don't feel like I'm using second class software in the slightest. In fact, I rarely notice that I am using unity 2D. It's terrific, thank you guys! I miss the window snap function on the shared edge of the screens. Snap only seems to work on the far edges of the workspace. I would REALLY like display hot-plugging to turn on my external monitor when it's plugged in, but I've adjusted to using the nvidia-settings tool every time I boot my laptop. As for the questions posed by Bryce, here's my two cents as a user: * Should Unity be mirrored across the monitors? I'd be much happier if unity reflected the application use on that screen. * Should expo appear on all monitors, but only show windows for the monitor it's displayed on? yes! * Should the launcher be displayed on all monitors, and if so, how should it be shown with a mouse? Perhaps as the mouse approaches the top left corner of the screen, it could slide out much like how the the window snap works. * Should the dash, expo, spread view, etc, be displayed only on the monitor where the mouse pointer is, or a window has focused? I think it makes the most sense to follow the mouse, rather than mirroring on both screens. I know that design worked on that the past 3 weeks to look at the multimonitor cases in Unity and it's a target for Oneiric. So yeah, will likely to be discussed at UDS (you can also suggest your ideas on the ayatana mailing list (see http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/) to reach them. Didier -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: [Desktop12.04-Topic] Multi-screen setups
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 04:54:02AM +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: One area that really needs extra attention, is multi-screen setups. There are currently numerous issues. Some are just plain bugs, whereas others need designed solutions. It is currently very inconsistent. For instance; the panel is displayed equally on both screens and indicators are shown on all screens. Notifications, however, are only shown on one screen.The dash, expo and spread views are only shown on one screen, but the other screen is also dimmed. The launcher becomes very difficult to use with a mouse on mutli-monitor setups since it's so very far away. In many cases, it will also appear between two monitors, which makes it difficult to show. A few questions: * Should Unity be mirrored across the monitors? * Should expo appear on all monitors, but only show windows for the monitor it's displayed on? * Should the launcher be displayed on all monitors, and if so, how should it be shown with a mouse? * Should the dash, expo, spread view, etc, be displayed only on the monitor where the mouse pointer is, or a window has focused? I'm sure there are many other, valid questions. http://people.canonical.com/~bryce/ExternalMonitor/results.html -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
