I'm afraid I'm not one of the attendees of UDS. On 8 May 2011 15:24, Pippa Kyle <pippa.k...@canonical.com> wrote:
> Are you guys at UDS? > > I wouldn't mind having an informal session/chat about app/windows > centricity & management. > > > On 08/05/11 01:45, Ed Lin wrote: > >> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Toki Tahmid<oxw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is NOT a suggestion to turn launcher window-centric, just a thread >>> to >>> discuss how it'd be. >>> >> Essentially a window-centric launcher is an oxymoron because "launch" >> always means "application", but read on. >> >> On 7 May 2011 23:06, Toki Tahmid<oxw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't know why everyone's making an assumption that I suggest >>>> something >>>> like preview of Windows 7's taskbar, but I want to make it clear it's >>>> just >>>> an example. >>>> >>> I'm not making any assumptions, please read more closely. >> >> I brought up the windows 7 task bar because it's the only mainstream >> implementation of a fusion of taskbar and dock. However as I pointed >> out in the default configuration it is actually a plain app-centric >> launcher and only has secondary window-centric elements. Much closer >> comes the non-default win7 taskbar that has app-launcher icons that >> expand to window-icons which are grouped by application. >> One step is probably missing though, see this mockup >> http://i.imgur.com/YwMeg.png >> from http://pastehtml.com/view/1e1uiox.html >> >> I think that's the best implementation of taskbar meats dock offering >> all functions of both without sacrificing too much. >> But I'm not sure that's what you after. You are asking for a primary >> window-centric launcher. That doesn't exist, it's not possible to do >> without turning the launcher into something else, i.e. back into a >> taskbar. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
