Re: [Ayatana] CSD and the pressure to innovate

2010-07-06 Thread Philipp Wendler
Hello, Am 07.07.2010 04:52, schrieb Apoorva Sharma: > Since tabs in firefox and nautilus are just ways of combining > multiple windows into one, why not have the window manager handle > tabs for all apps? Maybe apps like firefox or nautilus etc could tell > the window manager that they want tabbed

Re: [Ayatana] CSD and the pressure to innovate

2010-07-06 Thread Apoorva Sharma
Since tabs in firefox and nautilus are just ways of combining multiple windows into one, why not have the window manager handle tabs for all apps? Maybe apps like firefox or nautilus etc could tell the window manager that they want tabbed windows, and it could be done for them. This would make t

Re: [Ayatana] Yet another discussion on window resizing - where does the problem lie?

2010-07-06 Thread Bob Hazard
> I like how Windows 7 allows placing a vertical rectangle size for > reading documents by dragging the window to a border, although it > doesn't always find the best fit. > I think the new version of Compiz 0.9 that was released the other day has preliminary support for this. Although it is still

Re: [Ayatana] Unity launcher - will an autohide option be available?

2010-07-06 Thread David Siegel
Yes, we certainly don't want to use a naive edge proximity criterion to determine when to show the Launcher once auto-hiding is available. You go to place your cursor on a portion of a web page near the side of your screen and BAM the Launcher is in your way! I like this GNOME suggestion of using

Re: [Ayatana] Unity launcher - will an autohide option be available?

2010-07-06 Thread Conscious User
> I agree with the auto-hide to save screen space, but having it > reappear on proximity would be a pain - it shares space with most web > pages navigation bar, so it would often get in the middle of browsing. > > A better option for a hidden bar is the one supported by Firefox > Mobile ("Fennec"

Re: [Ayatana] Unity launcher - will an autohide option be available?

2010-07-06 Thread Diego Moya
On 6 July 2010 11:41, David Siegel wrote: > We will certainly have an option to automatically hide the Launcher in > 11.04, but for 10.10 I recommend using full screen mode while browsing the > web on smaller netbook screens if you need the extra horizontal space. > > David > > That's fine and go

[Ayatana] Arguments for and against top-placement of tabs in Firefox

2010-07-06 Thread David Siegel
In response to a brooding religious war among contributors over tab positions in Firefox, Firefox designer Alex Faaborg posts arguments supporting and challenging the decision to place Firefox tabs on top by default: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmgtW2Iw-kE Contributors who are active in the Mo

Re: [Ayatana] Unity launcher - will an autohide option be available?

2010-07-06 Thread David Siegel
We will certainly have an option to automatically hide the Launcher in 11.04, but for 10.10 I recommend using full screen mode while browsing the web on smaller netbook screens if you need the extra horizontal space. David On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Diego Moya wrote: > On 5 July 2010 19:03

Re: [Ayatana] Unity launcher - will an autohide option be available?

2010-07-06 Thread Anzan Hoshin Roshi
OpenOffice is also unusable due to the launcher on the 7 inch original Eee. On 6 July 2010 04:51, Diego Moya wrote: > On 5 July 2010 19:03, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Now, I know that the titlebar and menu items will be located in the panel > in the future, which does save a lot of vertical screen s

Re: [Ayatana] Unity launcher - will an autohide option be available?

2010-07-06 Thread Diego Moya
On 5 July 2010 19:03, Liam Wilson wrote: > Now, I know that the titlebar and menu items will be located in the panel in > the future, which does save a lot of vertical screen space, but horizontal > screen space in important too, and one major annoyance of mine is that > Websites now don't fit h

Re: [Ayatana] mail indicator not consistency

2010-07-06 Thread Philipp Wendler
Hi, Am 06.07.2010 08:41, schrieb Mark Shuttleworth: > Interesting questions. My gut feel would be: > > - incoming IM notifications would be suppressed > - incoming calls would be displayed Why the latter? When I put my cellphone in DND (or silence) mode, nothing is signaled: no calls, no SMS,