I agree that it would certainly seem to be a cleaner look and I guess argueably more natural to how you would work at a conventional desk and I do kindof like the idea... - there's a but coming :)
But, I'm not convinced that removing the application's frame complete with it's one stop shop of toolbars would necessarily be productive. All of a sudden you'd now have to go through several mouse clicks to bring up the menu, invariably a sub menu (even if it were contextual to the application) and ultimately another click for the thing you want to do... However, to try and counter this with a constructive alternative, how about moving the application's main toolbar icons to the icon bar and make that contextual to the application that has focus (as well as the standard launcher icons of course). I'm purely talking concept here, I've no idea if the hooks and links to make this possible even exist. One day maybe I'll have the time to get a bit more involved and learn how some of the code framework works. Regards, Martin. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thijs Thiessens Sent: 15 March 2005 20:29 To: Enlightenment-users Subject: [e-users] E Application framwork Hello! I've been experimenting with some code.. I want to build a kind of framework that allows me to be working more naturally with a computer. Look at http://thies061.speed.planet.nl/libura/e/mockup/libura_Ecalc.png You'll see their a spreadsheet. Look at it if it was just a piece of paper you have put on your desk. Depending on what you are currently use the paper for and what types of data you are working on, the e17 main menu should include the types of option that you need. The paper could as easily be a word document: http://thies061.speed.planet.nl/libura/e/mockup/libura_Ewriter.png A PDF, a 3D environment a webpage or whatever. So I need to develop a way that includes dynamic changing of the e17 menu based on the type of paper currently and the specific types of data that has the focus. This way ( i think) could lead to a more elegant en more natural way of viewing and working with applications in computing environments. That is.. you roll a new piece of paper to your desktop en specify what it should be: a letter, a presentation, a picture, a message, a collection of financial records, a movie etc.. Any comments? Or suggestions? Or you think it's as stupid as hell. ;) Have a nice day all! Thijs Thiessens The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
