Or Ctrl+mouse1 to browse in overview, in order not to remove the flexibility of dragging windows from the top-left corner like this: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3953/ctrlmouse1tobrowse.png
2013/5/19 Vincent Weber <weber.vinc...@gmail.com> > 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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