On 22/12/10 04:53, Frederik Nnaji wrote:
On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 17:10 +0100, zekopeko wrote:
I think that a decent solution for 11.04 would be to create a
temporary workspace for the fullscreen app so that it shows in the
Expo (Workspace switcher) mode but once the app is un-fullscreen-ed it
would return to the workspace from which it originated (no fancy
animation transitions). Alt-Tab-ing while the fullscreen app is
focused would tab-between workspaces and not applications. If you
alt-tab while a non-fullscreen applications is focused (so you can see
the launcher and the panel) would tab between applications that are
currently open and the fullscreen apps.
they removed ALT+F2, so i'm not even sure they'll keep ALT+TAB.
Alt-F2 is just not yet implemented, it's filed as a bug and will get
fixed. Of course we'll retain Alt-TAB!
Close, MaxVert, Fullscreen Mode
in a recent thread, i suggested to add a button to the window
controls: fullscreen. This, because many users don't even know
what fullscreen mode is, except for in movie players.. they learn
it on youtube, where there is a more than obvious "fullscreen"
button, and start looking for such a button in totem, vlc etc..
The issue then is to figure out how to get OUT of fullscreen :-)
The approach we are taking is reversible gestures, where a
particular gesture gets you into a fullscreen situation, and
reversing the gesture (I wave my hands furiously ;-)) gets you out.
Floating Indicators
One could think of single icons popping up upon transient events
top right corner of a fullscreen window, provided i'm not set to
"do not disturb".
But the visibility of single icons popping up above whatever
content is beneath them is low.
WingPanel is an excellent option here, it would only have to be
transparent, and it would have to know when it is above the
content area of an application in fullscreen mode.
Yes, there are some interesting ideas in wingpanel, and I'd
encourage experimentation and discussion here.
Mark
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