Hey Allan! (Our names being the same still cracks me up!) <snip> > This is my recommendation inspired by Firefox Panorama. Like on the > dash, let's take advantage of the user's spatial memory by attaching a > fixed linear relationship between windows. It'll still be flexible by > allowing to user to manually rearrange windows, so the user can > meaningfully sort them. The approach here is just a bit different from > the Dash or Window Picker, because there's a bigger real estate > allocated, but the principles would be fundamentally similar. </snip>
Really interesting idea! I like it a lot. You are definitely right about the window picker problem. The seemingly arbitrary arrangement of the window picker definitely does not help with finding the window that you want. What I'm not so sure about is the idea of manual rearrangement. My view, which I think is consistent with the design approach behind the shell, is to take as much user management out of the system as possible. The user shouldn't have to manage their windows, since the shell should be doing the managing for them. Instead of manual rearrangement, you could order windows according to the sequence in which they were opened, or the order in which they were viewed (there could even be possibilities for alt-tab integration there). One issue that I don't see addressed in your mockup is the normally irregular shapes and sizes of windows - how will your regular grid be achieved? Allan -- Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org _______________________________________________ usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
