Associating elements on the desktop is very valuable indeed. I've been working on the idea of Context-Centric Computing. I've been thinking about adding labels to workspaces just like how, again, Firefox Panorama does it. See http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8104/selection026i.png
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Andreas Wallberg <[email protected] > wrote: > Good suggestion! > > In addition, I would very much like to be able to associate > applications with persistent weights like "important" to have them > more likely to show up early in any linear arrangements. > > I have a suggestion to further boost the visual memory of the user. > Various widgets, borders and text of a workspace could perhaps be > associated with a particular color, drawn from a palette when the > workspace is created. These colors do not need to be omnipresent or > intrusive but applied in a subtle manner. They could perhaps be > applied to the digits of the clock and the characters of the > "Activities" button in normal view, and to window borders and > workspace borders in the overview or Window Picker to help the user > quickly associate applications with tasks and workspaces. > > Best regards, > Andreas > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Allan Caeg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > The Dash and the planned Workspace Switcher take advantage of the user's > > spatial memory. It does so by having a fixed arrangement of items (app > icons > > for Dash/workspaces for Workspace Switcher). Their linear order of the > items > > can also be changed manually by the user and this order can have meaning > > attached to it (like sorting by level of importance). > > On the other hand, the Window Picker is two-dimensional instead of > linear. > > Also unlike the Dash and Workspace switcher, the arrangement of items (in > > this case, windows) depends on an algorithm and the user can't manually > edit > > the sorting. > > To visualize it, > > see http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7938/windowpicker.png . > > This is my recommendation inspired by Firefox Panorama. Like on the dash, > > let's take advantage of the user's spatial memory by attaching a fixed > > linear relationship between windows. It'll still be flexible by allowing > to > > user to manually rearrange windows, so the user can meaningfully sort > them. > > The approach here is just a bit different from the Dash or Window Picker, > > because there's a bigger real estate allocated, but the principles would > be > > fundamentally similar. > > It's best to read the Principles of Design that Aza wrote here to > understand > > the rationale behind and to test the latest Firefox 4 beta build to test > how > > it works. > > > > Thoughts? > > -- > > Regards, > > Allan > > User Experience Designer > > http://www.google.com/profiles/allancaeg#about > > +63 918 948 2520 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > > > -- > Do you want to tell me a secret? My Public key can be downloaded from > the link below to ease encrypted private conversation using a desktop > email client. > > Vill du berätta en hemlighet? Min krypteringsnyckel kan laddas ner > från länken nedan och användas till krypterad konversation med ett > vanligt epost-program. > > > https://keyserver2.pgp.com/vkd/SubmitSearch.event?SearchCriteria=andreas.wallberg%40gmail.com&EmailOrName=2&SearchType=0 > -- Regards, Allan User Experience Designer http://www.google.com/profiles/allancaeg#about<http://www.google.com/profiles/AllanCaeg> +63 918 948 2520
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