Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

I think you are a little confused.

what he proposes is not a right click quicklist entry.

Dockbar X already does this on hover (list of open windows):

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cbKmMTymZ10/TneWpVhTz3I/AAAAAAAAF_4/Z34C763PuS0/dockbarx_windowlist_theme.png
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/165/9/b/Shinybar1_3_1_for_DockbarX_by_Levviathor.png

and also does quicklists by right click:

http://ubuntovod.ru/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dockbarx-unity.png

then what he wants is for the open windows in the background to raise when he hovers their entry in preview style. He would only switch to that window when he actually clicks.

I personally havent found any issues with what he suggests. Is not very different from what you find in other window managers/docks and i believe it would increase usability, but developers may have something else in mind , so i dont know what they think about it.

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:57:39 +0100
From: joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx
To: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

Den 21. nov. 2011 12:36, skrev Omar B.:

>Maybe it would be nice to raise the window when you hover an item in the list, so you get the best of both.

that would also be very nice.

I wonder what would be the devs opinion about this. will you submit this soon ?

I am a little worried about inconsistency here. It would be quite impossible to provide previews for all kinds of quicklist entries. If only some, or even a few, entries would have previews, that could quickly become confusing.

The idea is nice, but I'm not sure how it would work in practice. More details are necessary. For instance, how would you generate a preview of a website that isn't open? Or dynamic diagrams of remote data? These are valid use cases for quicklists, but I don't really see how a preview would be easily possible and I think consistency is very important.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad

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