Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread Gabriel Pettier
Le mar. 29 mai 2012 21:23:00 CEST, Petko a écrit : On 05/29/2012 09:55 PM, shane lee wrote: Widgets are nothing new. They have been on the go for many years and never really taken off. I know quite a few people using KDE, including myself who have never bothered with widgets after the first few

Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread Petko
On 05/29/2012 09:55 PM, shane lee wrote: > Widgets are nothing new. They have been on the go for many years and > never really taken off. > I know quite a few people using KDE, including myself who have never > bothered with widgets after the first few days of novelty factor. > Android has a lot o

Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread balint...@gmail.com
Do you remember Docky's docklets? I am sure I'm not he only one who loved them. They could do anything a widget is for. 2012/5/29 balint...@gmail.com > Sorry Sunil Singh

Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread shane lee
Widgets are nothing new. They have been on the go for many years and never really taken off. I know quite a few people using KDE, including myself who have never bothered with widgets after the first few days of novelty factor. Android has a lot of very good ideas but not all are going to translat

Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread balint...@gmail.com
Sorry Sunil Singh Rana, I posted my mail again to the wrong address... Widgets mainly are for displaying basic information like mail, weather data, news feed, facebook notifications, etc without having to open a full destop program. In my opinion there is no relevant difference in Microsoft's Tile

Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread Petko
I agree that we should get some tips from Android , and yes, widgets are one of those things . I think that Androids concept Launcher->Widgets/Apps/Services (roughly put) is one of the healthiest mixes out there . The standard Desktop concept is outdated , and adding widget functionality with some

Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread Sunil Singh Rana
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On 05/29/2012 03:30 AM, Sunil Singh Rana wrote: > > *Why not be make Desktop a widget space.* Widgets that are locked or >> >> unlocked (to manage them) by some key combination, or a dedicated mouse >> gesture. We could also put a lens on

Re: [Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-29 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 05/29/2012 03:30 AM, Sunil Singh Rana wrote: *Why not be make Desktop a widget space.* Widgets that are locked or unlocked (to manage them) by some key combination, or a dedicated mouse gesture. We could also put a lens on Dash called Desktop which would look like a desktop and will allow us