Re: [Ayatana] Making workspaces great (branched from "Farewell to the notification area")

[David Siegel <david.siegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It's a good point. The workspaces experience has languished, and I'd
>> like for us to climb in and improve it substantially. At the moment, we
>> do a half-hearted job - we ship what's there but as you say, only
>> configure two workspaces. I'd be inclined to say "ship without
>> workspaces" so that we are at least definitive about the position for
>> the moment.
>>
>> I'd welcome a discussion about how we could make workspaces *great*. If
>> we can do that, then we would make more of them. And your contribution
>> above is a useful start: great workspaces give you easy access to some
>> apps regardless of the workspace you happen to be in.
>
> I'd love that discussion too. :)
>
> A tabbed system like Robin mentioned sounds very nice to me for two
> reasons: first, it's very familiar as tabbed browsers are nearly
> ubiquitous now. Second, am I the only one here annoyed at the fact that
> there is a *huge* waste of space in the middle of the top panel? This
> would be a very good and use of it.
>
> Brainstorming a little bit, I think a very nice way to visually show
> workspaces this way would be extending the wallpaper to the tabs.
> See the (ugly) mockup I'm attaching here, what you guys think?
>
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That's interesting.

David