Yes this would be a great feature! There are many applets for gnome doing this, I especially liked deskbar-applet. I read that development of deskbar has been interruped, so maybe it could be merged in shell, kind of "adoption" ?
Il giorno ven, 03/12/2010 alle 10.00 +0100, Jon Kristensen ha scritto: > On a side note: One thing that I would LOVE in Gnome Shell is a better > Alt + F2 application launcher (and a more convenient shortcut, such as > Alt + Space) that provides completion while you're typing, and that > has some kind of grammar allowing you to do other things than just > launching binaries. See GNOME Do ( http://do.davebsd.com/ ) for an > example. I tried gnome-launch-box but it doesn't even come close. > Maybe we can add (and improve) gnome-launch-box? > > On 12/03/2010 01:32 AM, Allan E. Registos wrote: > > Agree. Using additional methods of launchings apps would mean > > something is lacking in the default environment. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > From: "Stefano Facchini" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2010 11:18:41 PM > > Subject: Re: Suggestion: Make a dock from application icons in > > overview > > > > I am using docky, too, for this purpose! But this should be a > > built-in > > feature of the shell, it is a much more consistent experience. For > > example, with docky I have to setup application launchers twice, as > > well > > as other customizations. > > > > > > Il giorno gio, 02/12/2010 alle 07.10 -0800, Sriram Ramkrishna ha > > scritto: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Allan E. Registos > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 to this idea, less mouse gesture, I don't have to go to > > > activities, just a quick mouse hover to the left edge of > > the > > > screen. > > > In addition if there is an accidental mouse hover to the > > left, > > > the slide-in effect must be quick enough to avoid > > distraction > > > while working on a task. > > > > > > I've been using docky for this purpose. Which seems to be doing > > what > > > you are asking for. In addition it also tells me what apps are > > open > > > which if you have a slide in and slide out mechanism it doesn't > > allow > > > for. (unless of course there is an option to turn it off) I'm > > > hesitant to ask for such a feature when docky already seems to > > fill > > > this space. > > > > > > sri > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: "Stefano Facchini" <[email protected]> > > > Cc: "Shell-List" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 11:01:52 AM > > > Subject: Re: Suggestion: Make a dock from application > > icons in > > > overview > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > This is exactly what I suggested in a very recent > > discussion > > > about minimizing windows in gnome-shell. > > > > > > > > > This is a extremely simple change that adds the much > > needed* > > > taskbar to gnome shell. > > > > > > > > > *See my post in "Minimizing Windows violates mental model" > > for > > > details. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Stefano Facchini > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > maybe this is an already known idea, but it could > > be > > > possible to make a > > > dock with the list of application icons on the > > left > > > side of overview > > > mode. When the mouse touches the left edge of the > > > screen, the list of > > > icons slides in, just like a taskbar, without > > > activating the exposé for > > > windows. I'd really like to see something similar > > in > > > gnome-shell! > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
