On 7/15/05, Phil Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > Well, surely there is some way of providing extra space which is easily: > > - managed > - discovered > - utilised > > by users, whether power users or novices? There are a lot of ways of > approaching this I think - stick with the workspace concept and draw > more attention to the pager, use a big previewing pager (see > Luminocity), use a screen space which pans when you (for example) hold > down the middle mouse button, have a pager which grows in size on > mouse-over (like the OS X dock with icon zooming) etc etc.
Not a usability expert, but it seems to me that if a folder was extended to be a container for running applications, it could take the place of workspaces in a conceptually simpler way. A folder's state, including running applications could be preserved, so users can keep all task-specific windows and documents in one place. Persistence would be expected. There are obvious problems, like window placement and UI for associating a window with a folder, but I think it at least warrants discussion. Josh _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
