On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Carlos R. Mafra <crma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 at 7:00:35 +0300, Jason Brower wrote: > > I feel there could be a vast number of improvements in windowmaker > > because of technologies that didn't exist are not common place. > > What do you think windowmaker should do that is not currently doing? > > * There is currently nothing to handle notifications. I would like to see something more unified with other desktops in terms of interface, but very windowmaker in the solution. * There is no sound! It would be nice to have this for better usability. For example if there is something bad that happens I would like to know about it. * I would like to see the ability to change the location and use of buttons in the top menu, maximize, iconfy, close, etc.. * Setting shortcut keys and other items in the settings is very old school. I think there is a better way. However I think the menu editor is awesome. * Scrolling is, umm, funny, not sure how to describe it in. * It would be nice, with all these faster computer to see some transition effects when doing things like changing to a new window or moving to another desktop. * The icon support is squarish and horrible looking. I would love to see just the icon. Mac thought this way as well, I I think they are right. * Icons are not very scalable nor is there SVG support for icons. (At least that I know of) * Grouping of similar apps under the same icon would be nice. (Dont' for get the animation effect, remember we are not in the 90's anymore.) * I can't remember perfectly right now, but is there a resize by middle clicking in Windowmaker? That is so standard for me I would be pissed if I didn't have that anymore. * I would like to see an expose or other type of feature to see the actual window and not just an icon. With over 30 windows on 5 desktops it would be nice to have something to easily see between them. I could see some seriously awesome effects that are not hardware intensive but could really bring WM to a new level. Interface design is part of my full time job, I code the other half. > > What would you say is the general direction of WindowMaker in terms > > of this forked development. > > The main general direction is "stay stable and don't create surprises". > I think it's time to break into some cool ideas, people are looking for solutions and WM could be brought up to a modern desktop that anyone can use. > > Small improvements which do not disrupt the workflow people are already > used to are also a possibility. What those things could be depend on > the people out there and the patches they write. > Yup, I totally agree, the problem is that we haven't embrace some other new features that are not expected in a modorn desktop, so users are becoming confused as to how things should be working. > > So the secondary general direction is "if you'd like to improve some area > and write a patch, it will probably be accepted". > Cool, I really like this idea as we need to features and no just stabilizing. > > People have already improved wmaker this way, e.g. someone (Johann > Haarhoff) > once thought that it would be nice to have a shortcut key for left/right > maximization and _wrote_ a patch doing that. That was a nice non-disruptive > wmaker-like improvement! > Yes, I remember that one, it was somewhere around the time I mentioned we should have a "maximize to available space" shortcut or button. > > Another direction is "code cleanups". If the code is well organized and > easy > to understand, it's easier to eventually add things to it. > Cool, I think I see alot of that in the code as I watch the new commits. Regards, Jason Brower > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to wmaker-dev-unsubscr...@lists.windowmaker.org. >
