Re: Workspaces off the grid

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 06/12/2011 10:45 PM, Alan Schmitz wrote: I was going to ask how to put the workspaces back into a static 3x3 grid as I've always used on Linux, OS X, and Windows. After reading through the list archives, I've learned that probably wouldn't be a good idea. I am struggling to understand how

Workspaces off the grid

2011-06-12 Thread Alan Schmitz
I was going to ask how to put the workspaces back into a static 3x3 grid as I've always used on Linux, OS X, and Windows. After reading through the list archives, I've learned that probably wouldn't be a good idea. I am struggling to understand how workspaces are supposed to be used in GNOME

Cheap PCI graphic cards for GNOME Shell

2011-06-12 Thread Jeff Fortin
Hey there, Most of my family members run cheap desktops from 5-10 years ago. Intel 865 or older graphics. No AGP or PCI-E ports. I'm looking for recommendations for graphic cards that - Can run GNOME Shell in a fluid manner - Are PCI (not PCI express or AGP) - Are dirt cheap/easy to find Bonus po

Re: Changing how I work in Gnome 3

2011-06-12 Thread Rui Tiago Cação Matos
On 13 June 2011 02:08, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: >> Although I think when you have a specific workflow and know exactly >> what window you need to switch to next. Maybe assigning a number to >> those windows, then+Tab, then press the number to switch to a >> certain window, would be faster. >

Re: Experiences with Gnome 3: Panel and Workspaces

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 06/12/2011 10:11 AM, Paul Chorley wrote: 2. Vertical vs. Horizontal Workspaces. Ok, so this is a bit less straightforward. I can see the logic for vertical workspaces, with regard to the layout on the right-hand-side of the in the Activities screen, but I think there are good arguments for

Re: Changing how I work in Gnome 3

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 06/12/2011 12:33 AM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote: On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: Example 2: ... A hot key to send the current window to the back would trivially suffice to solve this issue. You can set a shortcut for minimizing. I believe you can do that through t

Re: Changing how I work in Gnome 3

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 06/12/2011 08:54 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 06/11/2011 10:59 PM, Julien Olivier wrote: Le dimanche 12 juin 2011 à 01:52 +0100, Artur Wroblewski a écrit : On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: [...] Assume that I have only two OpenOffice.org (OOo) documents op

Re: Changing how I work in Gnome 3

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 06/12/2011 02:04 AM, Onyeibo Oku wrote: On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 21:08 -0400, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:52:32 +0100, Artur Wroblewski wrote: On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: [...] Assume that I have only two OpenOffice.org (OOo) documents open. I ca

Re: Changing how I work in Gnome 3

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 06/11/2011 10:59 PM, Julien Olivier wrote: Le dimanche 12 juin 2011 à 01:52 +0100, Artur Wroblewski a écrit : On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: [...] Assume that I have only two OpenOffice.org (OOo) documents open. I can use Alt+Tab to quickly move to OOo, but, I don't

Re: Experiences with Gnome 3: Panel and Workspaces

2011-06-12 Thread David Prieto
Hey Paul, I think I would move the message tray to the top of the screen. With > the panel moved to the bottom (as per my other suggestion) that would > seem to be the obvious thing anyway. But if the panel was to be kept at > the top, I would suggest having the message tray appear immediately

Re: Experiences with Gnome 3: Panel and Workspaces

2011-06-12 Thread David Prieto
Paul, So, what to do in the Activities view? I would suggest moving the > right-hand workspace switcher to the bottom. > The message tray is taking that space now. What would you do about that? ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.o

Experiences with Gnome 3: Panel and Workspaces

2011-06-12 Thread Paul Chorley
Hello All, Having just moved to Fedora 15, I am getting used to the new Gnome 3 Shell and have a few comments that I would like to share. I hope these are of use. 1. (Top) Panel placement. I know it may be a contentious issue (not wanting Gnome to be a Windows look-a-like), but I really lik

Re: Changing how I work in Gnome 3

2011-06-12 Thread Artur Wroblewski
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Julien Olivier wrote: > Le dimanche 12 juin 2011 à 01:52 +0100, Artur Wroblewski a écrit : >> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: >> [...] >> > Assume that I have only two OpenOffice.org (OOo) documents open. I can use >> > Alt+Tab to quickly m