On 4/17/07, Nicolas Roard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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..)
How does this "tab on the edge" different from "icon on the edge" ? You still need to look at the edge and find your minimized window. And dock is a click away, which in my own opinions, is quicker than a wrist-flick away. With a key-binding, you don't even need to move the mouse. Having minimized window on 3 edge mean you have to search all 3 edge to find your minimized window. To me, "tab on the edge" is just a different presentation of "icon on the edge". Yen-Ju > > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
