On 4/17/07, David Chisnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16 Apr 2007, at 11:51, brian muhumuza wrote: > > > The issue i see with minimizing to the overlay is that the object > > is 4 clicks away, 1 click to open the overlay, 2 clicks to bring it > > back to the desktop, 1 to dismiss the overlay. > > No necessarily, if corner activations are used to activate the > overlay. This would mean just some long drags and wrist-flicking > action. > > One thing I proposed on SILC a few days ago, that I would like to see > is minimisation being removed as an action, and instead allowing > windows/objects dragged past the edge of the screen turned into tabs > (as was possible with folders on MacOS Classic). This has several > advantages: > > 1) It can be done very quickly by a user (wrist-flick the window at > an edge) > 2) It gives a lot of space to put minimised windows in (all edges of > the screen except the top) > 3) It is easy to un-minimise, since you get the aiming-for-the-edge- > of-the-screen bonus to Fitts' Law. > 4) I like it.
That's a really good idea, yes. And while we are here, make it happen not just for window, but also for drag and drop items as well. Eg you dnd on the edge, that creates a flap.. (it's actually exactly how dnd worked on the Newton -- drag it to the side, it creates a flap, that you can later reuse..) -- Nicolas Roard "La perfection, ce n'est pas quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, c'est quand il n'y a plus rien à enlever." -- Antoine de St-Exupéry _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
