This might be a lot more usable: http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9491/bettersuggestion.png
2013/5/19 Vincent Weber <weber.vinc...@gmail.com> > !! This is _NO_ "please put a button here"/"please bring back that > taskbar"-request !! > > > Dear awesome developers, > > I have switched from KDE4 to Gnome 3, because I absolutely love it for its > usability! Its lack of visual noise is great for my attention span, like no > other DE has managed, in terms of distraction. > > There is however one thing that, for me, would completely floor it, in > terms of usability and make it the best desktop metaphor, ever made... > > I find minimizing (actually pushing back a window) with the middle mouse > button a stroke of genius, but the problem is that when I compare it to an > actual physical desk, is that I can't see some kind of 2,5/3D-ish stack > effect. So when I suspend the desktop and come back later; I can't see _IF_ > there are window(s) underneath/behind/uncompozited, unless I 'exposé' with > the activity button, in case I forgot what I was working on... > > So in order not to waste screen real-estate, I made a quick 'sketch' of a > possible non-intrusive and extremely useful indicator of 'paper stacking' > on the desktop: > http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8537/windowstackideaformutte.png > > This is what I _THINK_ will absolutely nail the desktop experience in > Gnome3. > > > > -Vincent Weber >
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