On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Michael J Daniel < michael.j.dan...@comcast.net> wrote:
> ** > What about moving everything on the screen to the right when the launcher > appears. > And move it back when the launcher goes away? > > Sounds cool. better than accidental launches that stay on screen. however quick targetting of buttons will still be affected. > > > On 11/04/2011 06:55 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote: > > What about requiring a hit and park to display the launcher? In order to > show the launcher, the user must place the point er on the edge of the > screen and stop it there. Then, after a brief delay (100-150ms), the > launcher would reveal. > > IMHO if its long enough to avoid accidental launches, it will frusturated genuine launches. What do you think? On Nov 4, 2011 9:29 AM, "Thorsten Wilms" <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > >> On 11/04/2011 01:10 PM, Sony-qs wrote: >> >>> Isn't it possible to adjust the launcher like this? >>> >> [Had mockup attached with Launcher starting below Firefox's bars] >> >> So far, I only have one case where I regularly get the Launcher while >> aiming at something else: using Inkscape's toolbar. I often use the >> shortcuts for tool switching, but now I'm painfully reminded of each time I >> don't. I would expect users who make less use of shortcuts to be hit harder. >> >> For any application with an important toolbar or similar on the left, >> offsetting the Launcher is not possible, as there is not not enough space >> left. Triggering only when you slam the pointer to the edge does not help, >> as the user does that anyway, to get to the target area as fast as possible. >> >> Triggering only if the pointer reaches "negative" coordinates is not an >> option, as that either is too hard to trigger, or will happen as soon as >> you slam the pointer towards the edge. >> >> >> As long as the Launcher stays on the left and does not stay fixed on the >> screen *, application should avoid putting important stuff in proximity. >> But complex application may have so many tools and options that it may be >> painful, layout-wise, to avoid an entire edge. >> >> * To be clear, I do not recommend to get rid of the Launcher hiding >> behavior, as screen space is too precious for that on anything but very >> large displays (perhaps). >> >> >> -- >> Thorsten Wilms >> >> thorwil's design for free software: >> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ >> >> Ink scape! +10 > _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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