The blog I made reference too will address many of the proposed solutions here, albeit in a critical manner to root out good solutions. I can archive the conversation in a shared google doc, with permission from everyone involved.
On Apr 23, 2010, at 2:14 AM, David Siegel <david.sie...@canonical.com> wrote: > Guys, this is an excellent discussion. Will someone please volunteer > to organize some of what's been said on a wiki page, or Google > Doc/Wave, or something? Otherwise these ideas will likely never escape > this thread. > > David > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Robin Anderson <afisy...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Here's an idea for a kind of Mac OS X Expose fullscreen (in the way >> Apple's >> Front Row fullscreens) way to move either windows or all windows of >> an >> application from workspaces. Also is probably touch-friendly. I >> want to get >> the general idea of moving windows/applications between workspaces by >> dragging *icons* between workspaces out there. Hopefully people get >> inspiration from this. >> Two workspaces, Firefox selected >> http://imgur.com/vZzve.png >> Four workspaces, all of them shown and set to be shown >> http://imgur.com/HBmkx.png >> Four workspaces, two shown and set to be shown, on page one, and >> Firefox is >> selected >> http://imgur.com/4pMsK.png >> Firefox being dragged to another workspace >> http://imgur.com/pRhzZ.png >> Notes: >> Definitely needs spacing fixed up >> I just used the most basic colors >> Dots are page markers, black dot is the current page >> Brightness up or colored at all basically means selected >> Workspace numbers or names might be good >> I hope: >> A good hotkey system would be included to bring it up and navigate. >> The placement of the close buttons at the top could be customized. >> The color of the boxes around the icons are similar to the panel >> colors, so >> the way icons for applications are viewed across the system are >> similar >> I take inspiration from these: >> http://iphonehelp.in/content/uploads/2009/04/safari-30-windows.png >> (mirror: http://imgur.com/3ZjhY.png >> ) >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalaldo/4505453992/sizes/o/ (mirror: >> http://imgur.com/KMvwm.png >> ) >> http://davidhayden.com/photos/AppleSpaces.jpg (mirror: >> http://imgur.com/dYYMz.jpg >> ) >> Videos of Apple Spaces on YouTube >> Apple Spaces really looks pretty nice, I've never used them though. >> There >> are a lot of videos on YouTube showing ways to interact with them. >> I'm just >> not sure how to get people to start using them unless they're >> automatically >> activated or used somehow. But what kind of initial setup would be >> good for >> what applications to open in certain workspaces? What names should >> default >> workspace have? >> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Robin Anderson >> <afisy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I think a distinction should be made between what would work well on >>> desktops and what would work well on netbooks. Using only >>> maximized windows >>> on a 24in screen for example doesn't sound like something people >>> would be >>> into. >>> As screen size gets bigger I see window management going more >>> towards easy >>> window placement, the way something like Bluetile does perhaps. I >>> think >>> users would want to easily 'dock' windows to take up something >>> like a corner >>> of the screen rather than going between workspaces to interact >>> with multiple >>> windows. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
