Re: [Usability] Desktop/Nautilus Usability Enhancement Idea: Icon sheets

2009-01-07 Thread Jasir Alavi
That seems to be nice. i was thinking of some how rendering 4 (or more) desktop folders at the same time using different folders for each. so that they work as different workspaces. starting with two, each time a user adds a new workspace a new folder (Desktop#) is created and settings saved. say w

Re: [Usability] Desktop/Nautilus Usability Enhancement Idea: Icon sheets

2009-01-07 Thread Dokuro
something like that is what the musiX distro does! it keeps some icons that on activation they change the desktop icons and the wallpaper to fit certain kind of work, music, illustrations, etc! it is very nice! > > example, i use a cube with four workspaces. > i can then use the workspace 1 for '

Re: [Usability] Desktop/Nautilus Usability Enhancement Idea: Icon sheets

2009-01-07 Thread Jasir Alavi
Can assigning a different folder (Desktop1, Desktop2, etc) for each workspace be possible? If so, we can sort and keep files for each workspace. i think this is more logical for the idea of workspaces. example, i use a cube with four workspaces. i can then use the workspace 1 for 'work', workspace

Re: [Usability] Desktop/Nautilus Usability Enhancement Idea: Icon sheets

2009-01-07 Thread Dokuro
hello, i think that your idea seems like a menu in the desktop containing your launchers, could you make a simple mock up to clarify dario soto On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Murat Yukselen wrote: > Hello, > > I have an idea on organizing icons. May be this idea is expressed before > but I c

Re: [Usability] Sub-category based grouping of icons in GNOME menus

2009-01-07 Thread Calum Benson
On 26 Dec 2008, at 15:45, Natan Yellin wrote: I think we could tackle that problem simply by merging more preference dialogs together. Off the top of my head, the following preferences could go together: - Keyboard and Keyboard Shortcuts - Network configuration and Network proxy - Appearance,

[Usability] Desktop/Nautilus Usability Enhancement Idea: Icon sheets

2009-01-07 Thread Murat Yukselen
Hello, I have an idea on organizing icons. May be this idea is expressed before but I could not find. Many people like to place icons on the desktop and organize them. Some could not organize well but like to keep them all on desktop and see everything. My idea is to introduce users sheets to pl