What about moving everything on the screen to the right when the
launcher appears.
And move it back when the launcher goes away?
On 11/04/2011 06:55 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote:
What about requiring a hit and park to display the launcher? In
order to show the launcher, the user must place the point er on
the edge of the screen and stop it there. Then, after a brief
delay (100-150ms), the launcher would reveal.
On Nov 4, 2011 9:29 AM, "Thorsten Wilms"
< t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 11/04/2011 01:10 PM, Sony-qs wrote:
Isn't it possible to adjust the launcher like this?
[Had mockup attached with Launcher starting below Firefox's
bars]
So far, I only have one case where I regularly get the
Launcher while aiming at something else: using Inkscape's
toolbar. I often use the shortcuts for tool switching, but now
I'm painfully reminded of each time I don't. I would expect
users who make less use of shortcuts to be hit harder.
For any application with an important toolbar or similar on
the left, offsetting the Launcher is not possible, as there is
not not enough space left. Triggering only when you slam the
pointer to the edge does not help, as the user does that
anyway, to get to the target area as fast as possible.
Triggering only if the pointer reaches "negative" coordinates
is not an option, as that either is too hard to trigger, or
will happen as soon as you slam the pointer towards the edge.
As long as the Launcher stays on the left and does not stay
fixed on the screen *, application should avoid putting
important stuff in proximity. But complex application may have
so many tools and options that it may be painful, layout-wise,
to avoid an entire edge.
* To be clear, I do not recommend to get rid of the Launcher
hiding behavior, as screen space is too precious for that on
anything but very large displays (perhaps).
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