>> 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..)
Yep -- I really like this idea too. Although, I'm probably going to give you only two screen edges to add windows/objects to, as the left side will likely stay reserved for Project switching (and perhaps short cuts for search windows -- I'm still working that out). The big remaining questions then are: - If this can be done for any object, does this then take the place of the Shelf? - Do these window stay global, or are they Project-specific? (ie: when we switch to another Project do they disappear or persist?) - Wouldn't a miniature view of the window be better than a tab (since some documents may not have names anyway)? J. _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
