On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 4:52 PM,
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
<joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Den 22. okt.
2011 10:19, skrev sachit daniel:
0)Heavily inspired by Gnome shell that comes with ubuntu
11.10.
Please try it out if you haven't. Waaay smoother and more
intuitive than unity for window switching and workspace
management( Alt+ Tab and the overview switcher you get
when pressing super/TLSC)
That is just a claim. If you want to be taken seriously, then
you have to provide something to back your claims up.
I'm a little confused. What I meant was that my comments
were heavily influenced by me using both Unity and Gnome
Shell. _I_ found the GS interface better for window switching
(strictly IMHO :) ), while I found Unity better for the
rest(window design, lenses, launchers etc)
1)Alt + Tab switcher:
1.a)switcher ignores all mouse input: proposed changes:
i) Mouse over expansion of app icons to their windows
ii)click to choose
iii)click out of area (even while holding down alt + tab)
to quit switcher and remain on the same window.
Ok, using the mouse to choose might be an ok feature. But in
that case, clicking would select an app, not display the
previews. That would have to be a right click or something
else.
I meant mouse over=down arrow; click=release alt+tab; click
outside=Esc
1.b)Previews alone are insufficient to quickly choose
between windows.
It would be useful if the titles of windows were also
provided in the list.
If you want to switch between windows of the same application,
then you shouldn't use alt+tab. You should use the button
above tab instead. You press esc to escape from the switcher.
I think that's quite appropriate.
Yes, alt+` or Alt+Shift+up was what I had in mind. But that
doesn't solve the problem of Titles.
2)We also need a mouse-only switcher in the style of the
gnome shell overview switcher.
Required design features:
a)mouse only manipulation with launcher on dock.
We have that. You click the icon to focus the most recently
used window in the group. You click twice to get an overview
of all the open windows of that application.
b)Quick access w/o clicking: hot corner maybe TRSC/BLSC
We have that too. It's configurable. By default, the entire
left screen edge is hot. If you want to use a corner, then you
can choose to do that.
I was thinking of maybe binding the TRSC/BLSC by default to Shift+Alt+up.
IMO, The multiple clicks required are not as convenient as
having a hot corner.
c)Integrated Workspace functionality: drag and drop
between workspaces, choose workspace and choose _windows_
(NOT APPS) all in one interface (again see gnome shell)
super+s provides you with a workspace switcher and you can
drag and drop windows between them, or you click the workspace
switcher in the launcher if you want to use the mouse.
Ahh... the thing I liked the most in GS: One interface
combining the functionality of super+s AND Shift+Alt+up
(other features- box around current active window, mouse
only exit from chooser, window titles below preview)
There are improvements to be made in the super+w and
super+numnum views. I agree with this.
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
