On 3/30/07, Isaiah Beerbower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Quentin Mathé wrote:
> In this Shelf implementation, there are no special tab for running
> applications. I think it's probably better to allow some kind of
> standalone Dock like a simplified AZDock that would be reduced to an
> application switcher role (I mean you wouldn't have the possibility add
> or remove applications by drag/drop).
> We could show such Dock on the left or the right or even at the top
> below the menu bar. It might be hidden by default and only appears on
> ctrl+tab as it's commonly the case in other desktop environments.
I think an app switcher in the menu bar like the one in OS9 would be
nice (Attached picture of same thing in Rhapsody). It is non obtrusive
but still easy to access. If you want have it as a floating window just
rip off the menu... (We are keeping the rip-off menus even if we stick
with the horizontal menu bar, correct? I rip off my menus all the time...)
Further more, this menu could not only act as an app switcher, but also
as a project switcher and a document switcher...
While there is no problem of having an application switcher as you suggest,
the actual problem comes from that shelf also serves as application
switcher partially,
for example, minimized window will stay in shelf.
Users may have multiple workspaces (virtual desktops) and multiple
tabs of the shelf.
It is not clear to me how easy a user can find about where is his
minimized window.
As for the OS9-style menu, we can simply change of UI of AZDock.
It is very simple and easy and takes less space.
Yen-Ju
> I would suggest the following features for such application switcher… If
> we make a double-click on an application icon, it brings the application
> to front with all related windows. Now if we make a single click an
> application icon, it darkens the screen and triggers an Expose-like
> arrangement for windows of this precise application. I think this
> corrects an important problem of Expose which lies in the fact you
> cannot quickly scan windows per application because you got to switch
> across applications first.
> Another nice addition could be to display Étoilé flower in this
> application switcher. A double-click on it would trigger Expose-like
> arrangement of all application windows. A single click would activate
> the file manager or shows the desktop. It could also be used as another
> possible replacement of Étoilé menu if we want to use vertical menu.
>
> That's it for today :-)
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Cheers,
> Quentin.
>
>
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