[Ayatana] Two dimensional launcher?

2011-11-17 Thread Simon Čopi
There is not a lot of place to launch applications from launcher. I don't like that movable (scrolling) launcher to much. And searching for an application is also time consuming. For me is better to have a tool (an application icon) on a fixed, memorized position. Not at an movable scrolling

Re: [Ayatana] Two dimensional launcher?

2011-11-17 Thread Marco Biscaro
Do you mean something like Mac OS' Stacks? http://toastytech.com/guis/osx15stacksfan.png Em 17-11-2011 06:15, Simon C(opi escreveu: There is not a lot of place to launch applications from launcher. I don't like that movable (scrolling) launcher to much. And searching for an application is

Re: [Ayatana] Two dimensional launcher?

2011-11-17 Thread supernova
What about a three dimensional side bar? Like the one in the picture... Supernova 2011/11/17 Marco Biscaro marcobiscaro2...@gmail.com: Do you mean something like Mac OS' Stacks? http://toastytech.com/guis/osx15stacksfan.png Em 17-11-2011 06:15, Simon Čopi escreveu: There is not a lot of

Re: [Ayatana] Two dimensional launcher?

2011-11-17 Thread Josh Strawbridge
i like the idea. i actually used the gnome 2 panel drawers on a launcher panel i had on the left side of my screen before natty. so my setup was actually a lot like what you seem to have described. these days i've taken to doing the same thing with a quicklist. for example i stuck all the

Re: [Ayatana] Two dimensional launcher?

2011-11-17 Thread Ian Santopietro
I wouldn't mind it. It would be like folders in Android or iOS, no? I've never been big on folders in other, mobile OSs, but I know a lot of people would use this. Plus, it would give people another way to replicate the Gnome2 menu hierarchy. On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 15:24, Josh Strawbridge