Re: [Unity-design] More visible already started/active application in Launcher (for TV/tablets/phones)

2012-03-05 Thread supernova
Glow-Effect for me is not enough to directly identify as open! We could add some shine or gold... Desaturate and darken are my favourite prospects: Look at this ... Current, desaturate75, desaturate100, darken75, same with backgroundcolor of MenuBar, no transparency and

Re: [Unity-design] More visible already started/active application in Launcher (for TV/tablets/phones)

2012-03-05 Thread Ian Santopietro
Am I the only one for whom this is not a problem? If I want to use an app, I'll click on it regardless of whether it's running or not. If I want to see what's running, the indicators are fine (I'm putting effort into it anyway), and if I just want to open it, I'll just click, on it. On Mar 5, 2012

Re: [Unity-design] More visible already started/active application in Launcher (for TV/tablets/phones)

2012-03-05 Thread Omar B .
maybe you didnt read the bug report. Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 07:41:06 -0700 From: isan...@gmail.com To: supernova...@gmail.com CC: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Unity-design] More visible already started/active application in Launcher (for TV/tablets/phones) Am I the only one

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Perhaps applications should be added to startup applications the first time you pin it to the launcher? I don't mean it should be activated, but simply added to make it easier to automatically start favorite applications at startup. I mean, if you use an application often enough that you want

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
I very much agree, but I'm not sure how it could be added. What key would you use? My proposal was to use numbers in the scale views (super+w and super+numnum), and Alt+BAT. It would improve the keyboard navigation, I think, but it would still require two steps. That is; you'd press and hold

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:21 PM, nick rundy nru...@hotmail.com wrote: With all due respect, I don't understand what you are complaining about. A feature can exist, but if a user has difficulties using it, then the problem is elsewhere: documentation and marketing. I had also the same

Re: [Unity-design] exploring matching launcher, panel and window borders for unity 6.0+ ?

2012-03-05 Thread Omar B .
I definitely think the panel should match the launcher's chameleonic design. Window borders, however, should continue using the Ambiance theme to create a distinction between the desktop shell (Panel, Dash, Launcher, Alt-tab switcher) and content/applications. -Dave As everything evolves and

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 05. mars 2012 17:01, skrev Mark Shuttleworth: Apps in the launcher are persistent and placed by the user. So the Super-n convention is workable. But windows are ephemeral, not placed by the user. So key-3 today won't give you the same window as key-3 tomorrow. So there's no memory, no

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 05. mars 2012 17:56, skrev Evan Huus: On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com mailto:estela...@hotmail.com wrote: you mean like a quicklist item: startup automatically. or you actually mean pinning it will start it up? well i prefer the first option, i

Re: [Unity-design] Multi-monitor issues

2012-03-05 Thread Colin Law
On 02. mars 2012 12:40, Alan Pope wrote: ... Ideally I'd like to have the option to have the launcher on one desktop of my choosing ... I have been a supporter of the Unity interface, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, since Unity first appeared, pointing out on a number of occasions the

[Unity-design] too small

2012-03-05 Thread Pedro Bessa
In Dash, the scrollbar is not wide enough, so I have to strive to target the pointer right, so you have to implement overlay scrollbar there. In Dash, the font for see more results is not tall enough, so I have to strive to target the pointer right, so you have to make the font taller there.

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012-03-05 Thread Thibaut Brandscheid
2012/3/5 Jo-Erlend Schinstad joerlend.schins...@gmail.com Right. I wouldn't want a quicklist item for it. When you pin an application, it should automatically get an entry in startup applications, but it should remain unchecked. This could be confusing. Some folks could think that adding a

Re: [Unity-design] More visible already started/active application in Launcher (for TV/tablets/phones)

2012-03-05 Thread Ian Santopietro
I didn't until now, but I stand by what I said; the state of an application is mostly irrelevant. If I want to use it, then I'll click on it, regardless of whether it's running or not. On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 08:03, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote: maybe you didnt read the bug report.

Re: [Unity-design] Multi-monitor issues

2012-03-05 Thread Colin Law
On 5 March 2012 21:20, Mark Shuttleworth m...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 05/03/12 17:18, Colin Law wrote: However I do feel that a mistake has been made in the way the launcher now appears on all monitors even when configured to be always on display.  I believe that in this case it should be

Re: [Unity-design] More visible already started/active application in Launcher (for TV/tablets/phones)

2012-03-05 Thread supernova
I didn't until now, but I stand by what I said; the state of an application is mostly irrelevant. If I want to use it, then I'll click on it, regardless of whether it's running or not. +1. Supernova On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 08:03, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote: maybe you didnt read the

Re: [Unity-design] Multi-monitor issues - a proposal

2012-03-05 Thread cpOno
Hi all. I've been following (and using) Ubuntu since a long time (Feisty Fawn) now. But only helping/collaborating as time permits. First of all: - amazing work you guys are doing (EXCELLENT work to all and thanks for Ubuntu). Now that Wdo_zzz has gone from my home (and soon work) I will try to

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread nick rundy
yes, I agree. there is a lot of great ways of interacting with Unity that need to be learned. A lot of new stuff is upon us. I'm going to start writing up some documentation to help educate people on all the different options that exist now for switching windows. I was too harsh in my

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
how about giving window previews a consistent behaviour in all compiz plugins? right now i can't visually discover the scale addons, which makes it hard to close a window from the window picker. and i can't move the previews. either i click it to open it, or i secondary-click it to zoom in. no