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.

[Ayatana] Allowing windows to move past launchers

2010-12-09 Thread Sam Spilsbury
Hi, I was doing some work on the snap windows plugin for compiz and I was wondering if it is the correct behaviour design wise to allow windows to move underneath the launcher and the panel. Currently we have it so that windows snap to the launcher but the user can move the window past the launche

Re: [Ayatana] Allowing windows to move past launchers

2010-12-09 Thread Didier Roche
Le jeudi 09 décembre 2010 à 18:55 +0800, Sam Spilsbury a écrit : > Hi, > > I was doing some work on the snap windows plugin for compiz and I was > wondering if it is the correct behaviour design wise to allow windows > to move underneath the launcher and the panel. Currently we have it so > that w

Re: [Ayatana] Allowing windows to move past launchers

2010-12-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 09/12/10 10:59, Didier Roche wrote: > Le jeudi 09 décembre 2010 à 18:55 +0800, Sam Spilsbury a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> I was doing some work on the snap windows plugin for compiz and I was >> wondering if it is the correct behaviour design wise to allow windows >> to move underneath the launcher an

Re: [Ayatana] progress window chrome

2010-12-09 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote on 08/12/10 21:24: > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 20:57, Roth Robert ... >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas >... >>> Yes. It is a bug in the HIG that it recommends repeating title bar >>> text as primary t

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] Allowing windows to move past launchers

2010-12-09 Thread Sam Spilsbury
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 09/12/10 10:59, Didier Roche wrote: >> Le jeudi 09 décembre 2010 à 18:55 +0800, Sam Spilsbury a écrit : >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was doing some work on the snap windows plugin for compiz and I was >>> wondering if it is the correct behaviour

Re: [Ayatana] Allowing windows to move past launchers

2010-12-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 09/12/10 17:43, Sam Spilsbury wrote: > My idea was this: > > 1) On the intellihide case: > [...] > -> When resizing a window, if the resize border touches the launcher, > it goes away, easy I'd like to see a proximity "push" in this case. When the window is brought "close" to the launcher, we s

Re: [Ayatana] Allowing windows to move past launchers

2010-12-09 Thread Sam Spilsbury
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 09/12/10 17:43, Sam Spilsbury wrote: >> My idea was this: >> >> 1) On the intellihide case: >> [...] >> -> When resizing a window, if the resize border touches the launcher, >> it goes away, easy > > I'd like to see a proximity "push"

Re: [Ayatana] Allowing windows to move past launchers

2010-12-09 Thread Jason Smith
Lovely concept. I think it would make positioning windows near the launcher less frustrating. On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 18:14 +, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 09/12/10 17:43, Sam Spilsbury wrote: > > My idea was this: > > > > 1) On the intellihide case: > > [...] > > -> When resizing a window, if

Re: [Ayatana] Seeking feedback on professional video import UX design

2010-12-09 Thread Jason DeRose
Frederik, On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 3:53 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Jason, > > well, this is what i've been waiting for all along: > professional post production software for Ubuntu! Music to my ears. :) For anyone who missed earlier emails, discussion is about this pro file import U

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

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

2010-12-09 Thread Spike Burch
-- Forwarded message -- From: Spike Burch Date: Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity) To: Peterson Silva minimize upon click is probably a bad idea. too easy for users to accidentally lose their window On Th

[Ayatana] Windicators

2010-12-09 Thread Owais Lone
Just wanted to check. Are Windicators targeted for Natty? How much work has been done? What if I wanted to play with it a little? ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.ne

Re: [Ayatana] Windicators

2010-12-09 Thread Shane Fagan
On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 12:04 +0530, Owais Lone wrote: > Just wanted to check. Are Windicators targeted for Natty? How much > work has been done? What if I wanted to play with it a little? No there was no talk about anything unless canonical have it going on it. --fagan ___