Disregarding the design for a moment, isn't the underlying problem that the interface is supposed to support a wide range of vertical resolutions, but doesn't?
I also have a 1920x1080 screen and I think want this layout badly, but I also see your points on this being a mess on a smaller screen. Conversely, if it was made to fit tablets or low-res screens it'd look diminutive on a big screen. A quick mind-fart: how about making Unity detect vertical resolution and adjust dock-width accordingly on first run? It could even out the extremes and make it easier to make the interface appear alike across different resolutions; then again it the discussion would be between lowres-people having their launchers too small and hires-people having their launchers too big. 2011/5/24 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> > As an addition to the reply to Ed Lin: > > Imagine when the launcher gets overflowed with launcher so that it stacks > them at the top and bottom, how would this work together with your design? > > 2011/5/24 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> > >> 2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin...@gmail.com> >> >>> A very rough sketch based on your image and parts scraped from google >>> images... >>> http://i.imgur.com/WMLYk.png >> >> I understand your idea but to me it feels like a last resort "make it just >> work" solution. >> >> 1. It takes up a really big part of the launcher. The mockup is based on a >> screen with 1050 px height so on smaller screens it could take up a majority >> of the launcher. >> >> 2. None of the items are separated from other launcher items visually >> (which I understand is the idea with it). This would probably be confusing >> for new users since they will act differently than other launchers and IMHO >> visually look bad. The "icons" will be dynamic, the icons within icons (e.g. >> wifi, sound, battery) will be really hard to make look like they're there >> because a thought through design choice. >> >> 3. It will completely rule out standard third party applications. >> >> 4. If a regular launcher have a black icon, it will be totally confusing. >> >> Not to be rude but there must be a better way to solve this than with this >> design. It's not bad to make different elements of the OS look different, >> often it's a plus. >> >> 2011/5/24 Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> >> >>> Why can't we let the top panel stay and hold the indicators? >>> >> The top panel takes up a lot of vertical screen space and with it it's >> harder to design interfaces for third party applications which are based >> upon Fitt's law since they cannot use the top screen edge, which often holds >> many of the most important elements of an application UI. That's just some >> of the reasons. >> >> 2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin...@gmail.com> >> >>> A very rough sketch based on your image and parts scraped from google >>> images... >>> http://i.imgur.com/WMLYk.png >>> >>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist >>> <niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > 2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin...@gmail.com> >>> >> I hope I cleared that up as above. I probably should do a mockup >>> >> myself (if have time...) >>> > >>> > I would very much like to see that, I'm having some trouble visualizing >>> your >>> > idea and this would help me greatly! >>> > 2011/5/24 Henrik Peytz <henrik.pe...@gmail.com> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> 2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> I hope I cleared that up as above. I probably should do a mockup >>> >>> myself (if have time...) >>> >> >>> >> If you guys don't mind, would you make a full desktop-mockup of the >>> ideas? >>> >> It's always nice to see how people see it fit into the greater whole. >>> One >>> >> thing is how the indicators will look, another is how the desktop will >>> look >>> >> without the current indicator being where it is now; perhaps it'll >>> open up >>> >> new possibilities, etc. ^^ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >
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