I think it is an interesting solution. I suggested before something a bit more radical: that every application when open, would create its own virtual workspace. To do this only for maximised applications is also, I think, a good idea.
On 21 July 2011 19:36, Jonathan Meek <shrouded.cl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently say the post on OMG!Ubuntu! about the possibility of dark > toolbars being included for Oneiric and this sparked an interesting debate > among someone I know who I asked to draft his thoughts on the issue for post > to the Ayatana list for discussion. Here it is: > > > PROBLEM: > The management of maximised windows in Unity is principally flawed and > could potentially cause confusion. > This problem arises due to the location of the toolbars of maximised > windows, and the global menu in the Unity panel. > Consider the screenshot at > http://cdn.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2011-07-19-150134_1366x768_scrot-1.png. > In the screenshot, you can see that because of the dark theming of the > toolbar of the image preview window, it appears to be a part of the panel > and the global menu. > The screenshot demonstrates a situation in which this is undesirable. It > may appear to the user that the toolbar for the image preview application is > a part of the global menu for the settings application. A similar problem > may arise in the event that a user has, for instance, two documents open in > a word processor, and one maximised behind another unmaximised window. In > this case, it may appear that the toolbar of the window behind operates on > the window in front. This could cause confusion and annoyance. > SOLUTIONS: > There are a number of potential solutions, including theming inactive > windows differently and displaying the title bar of full screen windows. > In my opinion, the best solution I have observed is the solution in use on > Mac OS X Lion. Lion creates a dynamic workspace for each maximised window, > in effect treating maximised (or full-screen) applications as additional > workspaces. This means that it is impossible to end up with a situation > where an unmaximised window is in front of a maximised window. > > From Jonathan Rothwell <jonat...@notroswell.com> > _______________________________________________ > 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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