Re: Quicklaunch mockuo
2008/6/3 Martin Sourada [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, I like having two panels and I hate to wait until they appear. That's why I don't autohide them. I also like to have applications I use regularly easily accessible - and it's that lot of icons you see in the screen-shot. Also I don't like nearly empty panel - it's boring. And of course I like some of the panel applets. And last, but not least, I find 6 virtual desktops to be just the right number for me. And after many iterations I ended up with a layout like you saw. I have nice big icons, bottom panel with sort of macy style (semi-transparent background). It looks even more awesome with compositing enabled (but I don't use compositing for various purposes). And fast access to everything I use from notify, through trash, quick launch and virtual desktop switcher, through network monitor and window list to gnome menu :-D And it occupies as much space as I find nice... Also, which is not seen on the screen shot, in the bottom right corner when I attach an usb drive, or put an optical media in, disk mounter applet with fast access to basic actions like open/eject/unmount appears. Only one thing that my current layout lacks is a fancy top panel, but I don't mind the plain colour one much and I am too lazy to make it look otherwise :-D But as you said, it's a matter of taste. Don't get me wrong.. i don't like to auto hide my applets (so i don't do it ^_^) but i do like to get rid if things that use space. With the exception of __one__ panel (i must admit i have 2 panels now) but other then that i like to keep it as clean as possible. So: 1 icon for the menu, no quick launch icons (assuming it's popping out from the lower left corner like i showed in the mockup) and nicely glassy themed. You could say partly vista under linux. Something different.. i have no idea what all went wrong in the first post of this tread but it all looks messed up (like you found out).. even the title. ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Quicklaunch mockuo
Hey, Hosted it here: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=82467 This mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today\\\'s quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't usThis mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today's quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't use it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Deffinately yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won\\\'t have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup?e it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Definitely yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won't have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup? ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Quicklaunch mockuo
I use this most of the time. Create spare panel, put shortcuts on it, set icon size to huge and make panel autohide. On 6/3/08, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Hosted it here: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=82467 This mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today\\\'s quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't usThis mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today's quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't use it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Deffinately yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won\\\'t have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup?e it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Definitely yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won't have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup? ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list -- http://scwlab.com ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Quicklaunch mockuo
On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 01:03 +0300, Pavel Shevchuk wrote: I use this most of the time. Create spare panel, put shortcuts on it, set icon size to huge and make panel autohide. I use semi-transparent panel 32 px height for that purpose without auto-hide. It actually looks quite good and serves right for the quick-launch purpose. I don't need to wait until it appears, just click one the icon and it's lunched... For my current setting (I only slightly alter the applications in quick-launch over time) take a look e.g. at my fedorapeople page [1]. I find the layout I've chosen quite effective and nice, after all it's became like that after many iterations made with the sole purpose to improve my experience with gnome ;-) So as you (Mark) suggest the idea of new quick launch a don't find any advantages over my current set-up and I think it sort of beats the purpose of quick launch... I could as well add a drawer to panel and have all the quick launch icons hidden there and it would serve the purpose just as well and would be even quicker (even though it would require one mouse click more) to use... But that's just mine personal opinion, don't heed it if you don't like it ;-) Martin References: [1] http://mso.fedorapeople.org/nodoka/notify/preview/Screenshot.png signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Quicklaunch mockuo
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 23:14 +0200, Mark wrote: Hey, Hosted it here: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=82467 This mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today\\\'s quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't usThis mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today's quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't use it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Deffinately yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won\\\'t have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup?e it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Definitely yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won't have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup? I cannot help but to ask, was there some fishy (unintentional) copypaste done here? There is a lot of text written twice and I find it rather hard to follow, though with some effort I can get what you are trying to say ;-) Martin signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Quicklaunch mockuo
2008/6/3 Martin Sourada [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 23:14 +0200, Mark wrote: Hey, Hosted it here: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=82467 This mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today\\\'s quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't usThis mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today's quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't use it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Deffinately yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won\\\'t have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup?e it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Definitely yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won't have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup? I cannot help but to ask, was there some fishy (unintentional) copypaste done here? There is a lot of text written twice and I find it rather hard to follow, though with some effort I can get what you are trying to say ;-) Martin yea some copypaste indeed.. strange.. this is how it's supposed to be: === This mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today's quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't use it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? This mockup shows my idea of a quicklaunch. With today's quicklaunch you have several icons always in your screen while you probably just use a few of them and and wouldn't mind them being gone when you don't use it. What you see. My idea here is that when you move your mouse to the lower left corner of your screen that you will get this popup cloud which will show you the available quicklaunch applications and will vanish once you move your mouse out of the popup area. Is this possible to make? Deffinately yes! In compiz fusion you can push your mouse to the upper right corner that will give you a alternative ALT + TAB so that idea can be used for the lower left as well. This popup dialog can probably be made in pure GTK+ only but then won't have the black drop down shadow (obviously). Why in the lower left corner? Well, somehow whenever i want to start a application from the quicklaunch applet i tend to go to the lower left corner for whatever reason.. so it's probably intuitive (atleast for me) to go to the lowerleft corner if you want to start an application quickly. So what do you think of this mockup? === Your version looks good as well.. in the end this is all just a mather of taste.. Also my purpose with this idea is to get rid of those icons that you don't use often anyway. The advantage (for me) is that the space used up by the current quicklaunch can than be used by other things more important. In your case you make it worse.. you dedicate a full panel to quicklaunch stuff and have it in your screen al the time. i want the opposite
