Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Martin Klapetek
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 16:43, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Monday, September 26, 2011 16:24:45 Alex Fiestas wrote: > > On Monday, September 26, 2011 12:36:30 PM Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > > > I know that many people don't like this behaviour but is the only > > > > alternative I can think of. > > >

Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Monday, September 26, 2011 16:29:43 Alex Fiestas wrote: > How many virtual desktop users prefer "Showing what you're running" and how > many virtual desktop users prefer "Only show on current desktop". and one needs to add how much pain/benefit each setting provides when it is the "wrong" sett

Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Monday, September 26, 2011 16:24:45 Alex Fiestas wrote: > On Monday, September 26, 2011 12:36:30 PM Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > > I know that many people don't like this behaviour but is the only > > > alternative I can think of. > > > > have them disappear quicker. > > and maybe make them appea

Re: Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Monday, September 26, 2011 12:41:05 PM Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > people who use virtual desktops. yes, i understand some people like to have > "only show on current desktop" for their taskbar but it doesn't seem like a > sane default to me due to how it essentially hides windows completely. i'd >

Re: Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Monday, September 26, 2011 12:36:30 PM Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > I know that many people don't like this behaviour but is the only > > alternative I can think of. > > have them disappear quicker. and maybe make them appear slower? icontasks does taht I think. __

Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Sunday, September 25, 2011 17:33:44 Martin Gräßlin wrote: > Personally I don't like the feature as it is very unintuitive to understand > when there is a click-through and when the click will be eaten. Clicking on > the thumbnail of the window activates the window clicking somewhere else > goes

Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Sunday, September 25, 2011 17:28:12 Martin Gräßlin wrote: > Having those two synced sounds reasonable and I would suggest to go for only > current desktop as by default it's only one desktop and means less clutter. this would mean there is no way to switch quickly between windows on different d

Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-26 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Sunday, September 25, 2011 16:59:24 Alex Fiestas wrote: > My proposal for this is to implement something like what colibri > notification does, it basically "forwards" the event to what is behing it. so i can click on something i can't even see, even when i mean to click on the thumbnail but m

Re: Re: Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-25 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Sunday 25 September 2011 21:27:39 Viranch Mehta wrote: > About borders.. The blue window glow around the windows is also quite > oldish, > of course, personally :) I have turned it off, since windows look much > better > without the glow, also dragging windows is much faster when compositing is

Re: Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-25 Thread Viranch Mehta
About borders.. The blue window glow around the windows is also quite oldish, of course, personally :) I have turned it off, since windows look much better without the glow, also dragging windows is much faster when compositing is on, without the glow (at least on my 3-year old laptop). So it would

Re: Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-25 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Sunday, September 25, 2011 05:28:12 PM Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Sunday 25 September 2011 16:24:25 Alex Fiestas wrote: > > Hi there ! > > > > I've been using the default settings for a while now (like 1month) and I'd > > like to propose a couple changes for 4.8, let's see what are your > > opi

Re: Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-25 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Sunday 25 September 2011 16:59:24 Alex Fiestas wrote: > Something I forgot: > > 3-When switching between apps/windows via the taskbar, quite a lot of times > the thumbnails stay in my way of clicking something, some times for example I > had to wait until it dissapeared to be able to click "P

Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-25 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Sunday 25 September 2011 16:24:25 Alex Fiestas wrote: > Hi there ! > > I've been using the default settings for a while now (like 1month) and I'd > like to propose a couple changes for 4.8, let's see what are your opinions: > > 1-Show the same windows in "Window switcher" and "Taskbar": >

Re: Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-25 Thread Alex Fiestas
Something I forgot: 3-When switching between apps/windows via the taskbar, quite a lot of times the thumbnails stay in my way of clicking something, some times for example I had to wait until it dissapeared to be able to click "Play" in my video player. My proposal for this is to implement som

Some simple ideas for desktop 4.8

2011-09-25 Thread Alex Fiestas
Hi there ! I've been using the default settings for a while now (like 1month) and I'd like to propose a couple changes for 4.8, let's see what are your opinions: 1-Show the same windows in "Window switcher" and "Taskbar": Right now by default, Window Switcher is showing only the windows in t