On 22 April 2010 15:24, Remco <remc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:27, Conscious User <consciousu...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> It's a good point. The workspaces experience has languished, and I'd >>> like for us to climb in and improve it substantially. At the moment, we >>> do a half-hearted job - we ship what's there but as you say, only >>> configure two workspaces. I'd be inclined to say "ship without >>> workspaces" so that we are at least definitive about the position for >>> the moment. >>> >>> I'd welcome a discussion about how we could make workspaces *great*. If >>> we can do that, then we would make more of them. And your contribution >>> above is a useful start: great workspaces give you easy access to some >>> apps regardless of the workspace you happen to be in. >> >> I'd love that discussion too. :) >> >> A tabbed system like Robin mentioned sounds very nice to me for two >> reasons: first, it's very familiar as tabbed browsers are nearly >> ubiquitous now. Second, am I the only one here annoyed at the fact that >> there is a *huge* waste of space in the middle of the top panel? This >> would be a very good and use of it. >> >> Brainstorming a little bit, I think a very nice way to visually show >> workspaces this way would be extending the wallpaper to the tabs. >> See the (ugly) mockup I'm attaching here, what you guys think? >> > > I brainstormed a little on your mockup. The attached image shows > workspaces as tabs, and inside it are the actual applications. > > This could easily carry dock functionality as well, where you pin some > applications to a particular workspace.
Wow, that is a really nice concept, a hybrid of tabs and workspaces. It feels fine for me as well; the solution is not awkward when not using any workspaces. The size of the close button is discussable though. Maybe a click anywhere on an inactive workspace tab summons it and the close button (maybe even the selection of individual apps) is deactivated until then. That way the tabs have a bigger target area and misclicks are less likely. Another problem could be to distinguish the icons; if there are too similar programs open on different workspaces or if there are many instances of the same program open (file manager). I do not think that will be the case too often though. On 22 April 2010 13:33, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 13:15 +0200, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: >> I do not use workspaces at all. Neither do I have a bottom panel. The >> waste of space on the top panel has become the area for the »tabs« – >> the window list applet. That way I can comfortably change between >> full-screen applications – for me this serves the same purpose as >> workspaces. > > If you use only one maximized window at a time, there would be only one > remaining reason for workspaces that I can think of, and that would be > shortcuts for switching between them. I do not use only one maximized window at a time. Oftentimes I have some app windowed above another; then I use »select windows when the mouse moves over them«. > Workspaces don't make much sense for switching between single windows, > they only shine when it's about switching between _sets_ of windows. As I said, I might not be the best example because I do not use that many applications at the same time. But seeing that Remco’s solution caters for both groups, it might be a good way to go. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
