Isn't that kind of like pulling all street signs/traffic lights in excited anticipation for the day when cars have traffic data projected onto the windshield via HUD?
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Sam Tate <s...@mtate.me.uk> wrote: > In the long run (L+1 or even L+2), I want there to be no difference > between an open and closed app. Computers are fast enough now (esp. with > Luna) that you don't really notice the extra delay when you open an app > rather than restoring from Minimize. > I also want apps to save their state for when you re-open them, and for > the system (not the user) to handle memory management. > > However, these are things that need not be addressed now, and I will go > into in more detail (probably with a blog post) closer to the time. > > For now, I much prefer the removal of indicators as it moves us towards > this vision. > > SamTate > > > On 19 September 2012 00:39, ttosttos Sa <ttost...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 on running app indicators unless a simple, _mouse only_ expose for app >> windows is available (e.g. long hover over dock icon exposing running >> screens). There are useful apps that don't support tabs and, even for >> those that do, you may still want to run multiple windows with different >> parameters (e.g. a browser with private and non-private settings). >> Switching focus to a particular instance of an app is a bit involved today. >> >> --ttosttos >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Daniel Foré <dan...@elementaryos.org>wrote: >> >>> Hey Guys, >>> >>> I've seen a few mails/reports about the current lack of running app >>> indicators in Luna. I wanted to get a feel for how people who have been >>> using Luna for a while feel about it. Namely, is this something people are >>> complaining about because they expect it and aren't used to it yet, or is >>> this a real problem? >>> >>> Personally, I don't miss them at all. I haven't used them for almost a >>> year now (When Gala was just a dream haha). Luna is so good on resources >>> that it hardly matters if an app is open or not and you can easily see if >>> something is open from Gala's Workspace Overview since minimize isn't part >>> of our regular workflow. But it also has the added benefit of saving a few >>> pixels on the bottom of the dock (since our OOTB default is >>> hide-on-maximize and not intelli or autohide I think keep the dock small is >>> still important). >>> >>> If we do decide that running app indicators are important, would it be >>> terribly difficult to make this a switch in the desktop plug? We may need >>> to ask Rico to add a key for this since I think we wouldn't want to have >>> this update for every user on the system (since the theming is currently >>> stored globally). Because I do think that there are probably a significant >>> amount of people for which the running indicators just aren't terribly >>> useful in Luna and it could still remain as the default. But hey, that's >>> why I am asking! >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Daniel Foré >>> >>> elementaryos.org >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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