Re: Window controls for GNOME 3

2011-03-02 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi Marcel & Co! Is this discussion moving into tiling? I suggested a while back to have a simple user-configurable per-workspace grid for windows tiling, something along the guide lines (no pun intended) in programs like Gimp and Inkscape. For this idea, the max button would indeed be very importa

Re: minimize-to-tile would make for a more seamless experience

2011-02-01 Thread Andreas Wallberg
I always liked how Window Maker and others minimized windows to small boxes. IMHO, it sounds like it would fit the Gnome Shell workflow very well indeed and integrate with the overview nicely. Good idea! Best regards, Andreas On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Christian Jäger wrote: > Hello all, >

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-14 Thread Andreas Wallberg
> Erick was talking about other stuff that you can add to the gnome-panel > which isn't available in gnome-shell. Ah, like the swimming fish? /Andreas -- Do you want to tell me a secret? My Public key can be downloaded from the link below to ease encrypted private conversation using a desktop e

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-14 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi all! Is it because I am on an oldish version of Gnome Shell in F14 that I have a small sys tray area next to the "me menu" with all these little gizmos like pidgin, monitor icon, volume, bluetooth, networkmanager etc? Is that the area and functionality we are talking about and is it gone in new

Re: Taking Advantage of Spatial Memory with the GS Window Picker

2010-12-06 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Good suggestion! In addition, I would very much like to be able to associate applications with persistent weights like "important" to have them more likely to show up early in any linear arrangements. I have a suggestion to further boost the visual memory of the user. Various widgets, borders and

Re: notifications (window hints)

2010-12-02 Thread Andreas Wallberg
I completely agree with you Gerald! While I really like Gnome Shell I have to confess having missed a lot of chat/IRC etc notifications lately. The absolutely most brilliant advances in balancing my workflow and productivity against nagging and distracting notifications lately were "Priority Inbox

Re: Idea for non-overlapping maximized windows using guidelines

2010-11-24 Thread Andreas Wallberg
> I think this might be a good idea, even though I think it should be > optional. I myself am seeing new users distracted by this and somethimes > I just want to maximize a window. The default position for the guidelines should be that they "rest" on either sides of the screen, resulting in the de

Re: Re: Idea for non-overlapping maximized windows using guidelines

2010-11-24 Thread Andreas Wallberg
> That would be really cool. Currently I'm using pytyle ( > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pytyle/ ). Pytyle is a Python script which > tiles the windows independent of the window-manager you use. With Pytyle you > can do a lot of things, like tiling horizontally, vertically or have the > window m

Re: Idea for non-overlapping maximized windows using guidelines

2010-11-24 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi! > I think this might be a good idea, even though I think it should be > optional. I myself am seeing new users distracted by this and somethimes > I just want to maximize a window. Agreed. > However there are hundreds of scenarios where this will be a lifesafer! Agreed. > Furthermore, do y

Idea for non-overlapping maximized windows using guidelines

2010-11-24 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi all! I often find myself wanting to have a main window taking up about 2/3 of the screen and a second window using the remaining space. I have not been very impressed with the tiling window managers that I have tried over the years as they seem to lack the flexibility that I need to get my work

Re: Gnome objectives

2010-11-24 Thread Andreas Wallberg
> 1) Which features of the gnome shell do you consider more ergonomic > than the classic gnome? Alt+Tab for window switching is definately better than anything else out there. It groups similar windows yet make it clear which window is on what workspace. Very nice. Most other implementations are f

Drag and drop on launchers

2010-11-23 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi all! I keep a few custom launchers around to open various kinds of clear text data files produced by scientific applications, perhaps with some extra scripted pre-processing. The data files do not have any particular file ending or anything else that allows the system to figure out that I want

Re: Gnome objectives

2010-11-22 Thread Andreas Wallberg
hat feedback from _desktop users_ > (non-developers) is very important to developers. > Cheers, > Allan > > ________ > From: "Andreas Wallberg" > To: "Allan E. Registos" > Cc: "Johannes Schmid" , gnome-shell-list@gnom

Re: Gnome objectives

2010-11-22 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi again! > I don't believe the above is true;  don't mistake a small very vocal > group for a "major backlash".  Always remember that those with a > negative opinion have more motivation to speak-up than those who agree > or are happy with a project direction.  Measuring anything by forum / > lis

Re: Gnome objectives

2010-11-22 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi all! As a long-time, advanced user of Linux as the main Desktop OS, I would love to provide feedback on the Gnome Shell. I think it has tremendous potential but the version in Fedora 14 is certainly rough around the edges. I too believe that the project would benefit from user feedback early on

Re: Gnome Shell broken in one user account, works in other

2010-11-09 Thread Andreas Wallberg
. /Andreas On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Justin Edwards wrote: > Andreas, > Most of the configuration is here. > > ./gconf > ./config > maybe ./gconfd > > Justin Edwards > TeleLanguage Inc. > Network Administrator > > > > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:38 P

Gnome Shell broken in one user account, works in other

2010-11-09 Thread Andreas Wallberg
Hi all! I've been trying out Gnome Shell in Fedora 14 on my Thinkpad and I have to say I am very very impressed. It looks promising indeed. Unfortunately, probably after a crash (I have had some problem with GS + the free ATI driver), I can no longer activate "Activities" on my normal user account