Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-10 Thread David Prieto
> > I suggest that if there's a single window and it's not already > focused, focus that window; and if it's already focused, put a glowing > halo border around it which stays until the user's mouse leaves the > window's Unity launcher icon. > I like that. How about using that pulsing effect that

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-10 Thread Peterson Silva
That's the most reasonable saying up to the point. I'm with you there! =D *Peterson* *http://petercast.net* On 10 December 2010 16:32, Ryan Prior wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Peterson Silva > wrote: > > minimize upon click is probably a bad idea. too easy for users to > > accide

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-10 Thread Ryan Prior
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Peterson Silva wrote: > minimize upon click is probably a bad idea. too easy for users to > accidentally lose their window > > Hmm true. So doing nothing is the best behaviour (when there's only one > window)? I think "doing nothing" is probably a bad behaviour; i

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-10 Thread Mark Curtis
Why doesn't it work like it does in GNOME Panel Windows (pre7)? One Window, unfocused -> make it focused One Window, focused -> Minimize From: peterson@gmail.com Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:29:43 -0200 To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-10 Thread Peterson Silva
minimize upon click is probably a bad idea. too easy for users to accidentally lose their window Hmm true. So doing nothing is the best behaviour (when there's only one window)? *Peterson* *http://petercast.net* On 10 December 2010 03:51, Spike Burch wrote: > minimize upon click is probably

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-09 Thread Peterson Silva
"That's what it does in Windows 7, for some applications but not others: for example, it works for Windows Explorer, but not for Windows Backup." What an inconsistency oO "It's not what it does in Mac OS X, at all:" Sorry, I've never used a Mac, but as all the docks out there which try to copy i

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-09 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peterson Silva wrote on 08/12/10 15:01: >... > So the thing is, if you have only one instance of an active window and > you click its icon in the Launcher, the effect is useless. Users coming > from Windows 7 (or any other version of it for that matter

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-09 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 16:01, Peterson Silva wrote: > Recently I've posted this bug at Launchpad: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/686822 > > So the thing is, if you have only one instance of an active window and you > click its icon in the Launcher, the effect is useless.