Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-12-31 Thread nick rundy
th between spread mode to accomplish this--it takes forever and is a major time-consuming activity). From: estela...@hotmail.com To: christ...@r-k-r.de; ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:53:41 +0000 Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover i think he's really ask

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-12-31 Thread nick rundy
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:13:41 -0700 Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover From: isan...@gmail.com This closes all windows of the application. I want to close "selective" windows of an application--not ALL the windows. If you right click on an application's icon

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-12-29 Thread Omar B .
i think he's really asking it to be a default feature or part of the default design. Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:56:32 +0100 From: christ...@r-k-r.de To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover Am 28.12.2011 21:09, schrieb nick

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-12-29 Thread Christian Rupp
Am 28.12.2011 21:09, schrieb nick rundy: > > *In Unity, it would sure be nice to be able to close a window from > within Spread Mode via middle-click. Similar to how I can close a tab > from within a web browser. > > You c

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-12-28 Thread nick rundy
close a tab from within a web browser. From: estela...@hotmail.com To: tal...@gmail.com; ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:48:54 +0000 Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover Talvik, I have been increasingly suffering the same problems you have for a while, the

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-12-26 Thread Omar B .
Talvik, I have been increasingly suffering the same problems you have for a while, then i remembered you mentioning some proposals for a solution. So I opened a bug about the problem here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/908811 Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:38:29 -0200 From: tal...@gmail.co

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Luiz Felipe Talvik
-- > Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:57:39 +0100 > From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover > > Den 21. nov. 2011 12:36, skrev Omar B.: > > >Maybe it would be nice to raise the wind

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 21. nov. 2011 18:51, skrev staticd: We need a task bar! You have at least _ten_ taskbars to choose from. Jo-Erlend Schinstad ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://laun

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread staticd
design principles, vision and consistency are good things. Usability and efficiency are essential things. @Joe: I dont think either Omar or Louiz are refering to quick lists. what they are speaking of is a menu that pops up *as soon* as one mouses over the icons, (only If more than one window is o

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Matt Richardson
Perhaps it could show the scale preview of the windows (as currently shown on double click) when hovering for half a second. Personally I find the window previews on Windows 7 to be too small. They obviously felt this too as they introduced the feature where if you hover over a window preview,

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Omar B .
u submit this soon ? Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:03:46 -0200 From: tal...@gmail.com To: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover Window preview are overrated :P Windows from the same application tend to look the same: cha

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Omar B .
they think about it. Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:57:39 +0100 From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover Den 21. nov. 2011 12:36, skrev Omar B.: >Maybe it would be nice to raise

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 08:47, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On 11/20/2011 10:57 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I'd love to see a special pie menu unfold, when a mouse drag is held >> above a launcher button, dwelling. >> > > How would that coexist with the ability to reorder Launcher items v

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Matt Richardson
Perhaps it could show the scale preview of the windows (as currently shown on double click) when hovering for half a second. Personally I find the window previews on Windows 7 to be too small. They obviously felt this too as they introduced the feature where if you hover over a window preview,

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 21. nov. 2011 12:36, skrev Omar B.: >Maybe it would be nice to raise the window when you hover an item in the list, so you get the best of both. that would also be very nice. I wonder what would be the devs opinion about this. will you submit this soon ? I am a little worried about incons

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Luiz Felipe Talvik
-0200 > From: tal...@gmail.com > To: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover > > Window preview are overrated :P > Windows from the same application tend to look the same: chat, terminals, > file manager

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Omar B .
com To: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover Window preview are overrated :P Windows from the same application tend to look the same: chat, terminals, file manager, spreadsheets, text editors, all kinds of documents.It also breaks the lo

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Omar B .
:56 +0100 > From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover > > Den 20. nov. 2011 21:38, skrev Luiz Felipe Talvik: > > http://ubuntuone.com/1BAZfzHSzpHYCtfW5neY4U > > http://ubuntuone.com/02CEbphUkex7mRqSdL5

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-21 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 20. nov. 2011 21:38, skrev Luiz Felipe Talvik: http://ubuntuone.com/1BAZfzHSzpHYCtfW5neY4U http://ubuntuone.com/02CEbphUkex7mRqSdL5Yx7 I know Unity is aiming for simplicity, and is being inspired by newer OSes like android and iOS. But the work that people need to accomplish on the desktop

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 11/20/2011 10:57 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: I'd love to see a special pie menu unfold, when a mouse drag is held above a launcher button, dwelling. How would that coexist with the ability to reorder Launcher items via drag-and-drop? -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free s

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread Luiz Felipe Talvik
> > > It also breaks the look and feel from the Launcher pop-up. >> >> > I don't really understand what you mean by that. > Now the Launcher "tool-tip" is only a list of text items (when you hover, right click) > IMHO, there is nothing easier to scan and search than text in a vertical >> layou

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 21. nov. 2011 00:03, skrev Luiz Felipe Talvik: Window preview are overrated :P Windows from the same application tend to look the same: chat, terminals, file manager, spreadsheets, text editors, all kinds of documents. You do get the window title below the preview, though. Perhaps that view

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread Luiz Felipe Talvik
Window preview are overrated :P Windows from the same application tend to look the same: chat, terminals, file manager, spreadsheets, text editors, all kinds of documents. It also breaks the look and feel from the Launcher pop-up. IMHO, there is nothing easier to scan and search than text in a ver

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 20. nov. 2011 21:38, skrev Luiz Felipe Talvik: Recently I've done task in which I needed to refer to several spreadsheets and other documents. In Unity, changing between the open documents was quite difficult, I had to think to much to find a window and my focus was constantly shifting from

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 22:36, Callum Saunders wrote: > The windows previews should only show if the app has multiple windows > though, otherwise it would be unnecessary. I'd love to see a special pie menu unfold, when a mouse drag is held above a launcher button, dwelling. I could contain the

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread Callum Saunders
The windows previews should only show if the app has multiple windows though, otherwise it would be unnecessary. On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Christian Rupp wrote: > Am 20.11.2011 21:38, schrieb Luiz Felipe Talvik: > > Recently I've done task in which I needed to refer to several spreadshee

Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

2011-11-20 Thread Christian Rupp
Am 20.11.2011 21:38, schrieb Luiz Felipe Talvik: > Recently I've done task in which I needed to refer to several > spreadsheets and other documents. In Unity, changing between the open > documents was quite difficult, I had to think to much to find a window > and my focus was constantly shifting fr