Do you mean kind of like that in Mac OS X Lion, with Mission Control? I do think the way the window previews enlarge themselves on hover would be a great feature to incorporate into Ubuntu. Thanks! Have a great weekend everybody!!!
---Ryan "For God so loved the world in this way: He gave His one and only Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." - John 3:16 Sent from my iPod On Apr 13, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Christian Rupp <grissi.r...@web.de> wrote: > Maybe it's only me but if you are having several text documents or spread > sheets open you'll always chose the wrong, the bigger the preview the better. > Every other applications look mostly very different due to different content > in the different windows. > It's right that it is important how windows are ordered so we have to rethink > this. Maybe when we show a big preview of the window on hover (as you > suggested your idea may be great, But how do you want to show the big spread > with all applications, as it will get extremely important. > > Christian > > Please answer to the complete list. > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Betreff: Re: Suggestion to improve switching between multiple instances > of an application from the launcher > Datum: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:05:42 -0700 > Von: Mathieu Beliveau <mathieu.belivea...@ulaval.ca> > An: Christian Rupp <grissi.r...@web.de> > > Hi Christian, > > Having used Windows 7 (with aero enabled), I've never found that a small > window preview was actually a problem. Of course, the smaller the preview > is, the harder it is to distinguish between two similar application > instances. Let me point out that this is already a problem with unity when > you have a lot of instances of your application. If we wish to keep a static > positioning in spread mode while keeping the windows small enough for them to > be quickly accessed, I think that two things can be done about it: > > 1. Legibly display the window's title above it's preview (and this is what's > actually done in the current spec, only the title is displayed when your > mouse hovers the window preview. > > 2. Enlarge the preview on mouse over. For this many things can be thought of: > when hovering above a given preview, you could display the original > application's window in half transparency (full size); you could simply > enlarge the preview itself, etc. Using one of those schemes, I think we might > have the best of both worlds for quick and intuitive task switching using the > Launcher... > > I'd be glad to know what do you think about this. :) > > Thanks! > > Mathieu > > On Friday, April 13, 2012, Christian Rupp wrote: > Am 12.04.2012 22:07, schrieb Mathieu Beliveau: > Hi! First of all, my apologies for the previous mail sent to each and > every list member, individually. > > As there was some confusion about the proposals I've submitted and > that they were not exactly up-to-date with the current specification, > you'll find in the following link a very graphical summary of what I > perceive to be potential issues with the current spec. as well as some > suggestions to fix those. > > https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15dYcO1gjnVgq5hujiyp9hXePfAitD8vNJD1si1wr5FE/edit#slide=id.p > > Let me know what you think of this (comments are publicly open on the > document) > > Thanks, > > Mathieu > > I like your idea but it makes the windows too small in my opinion. The thing > I like most is that all windows are displayed so big in spread view so that > you can easily read headings or logos > > Christian > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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