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[David Callé <davidcalle2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Le vendredi 30 avril 2010 à 17:52 +0200, Kao Chen a écrit :
> hi everybody,
> 
> I originally posted this proposition on the Gnome-Shell mailing list,
> but someone suggested me to do the same here.
> 
> I have searched a way to get a best organization of my work.
> 
> Actually in my job, I install a new machine.
> For this, I have stored up documents, hyperlinks,  installation
> scripts,  and manufacturer contacts.
> If I have done a good job, I will never work again on this machine.
> But most of the time, 6 month later, my Boss will say to me: 'Hey! can
> you upgrade this machine and make it do the coffee now, please'
> I will be glad, if I can find again all my  project documents in one
> box by a simple click.
> 
> I think we can handle our work by projects, and groups of projects.
> A project, it's a sort of basket where we can put what we need: files,
> Folders, contacts, hyperlinks, applications.
> -We can rename it, suppress it, save it, restore it, merge it to
> others.
> -We use only shortcuts.
> 
> At work, at home I work by projects.
> -I am in charge of the printers inventory of my company 
> -I have to rebuild the contacts database  of my office 
> -I search the best tv world for my new home. 
> -I make a beautiful mockup for Gnome3 
> 
> And I do Activities like:
> -Listen music
> -Watch movies
> -surf the web
> 
> I like the idea of project and I think, it's can be a good partner of
> "Activities".
> 
> We can already manage projects with many folders, and many shortcuts,
> but  you need a very big sense of organization.
> I think we can change the approach of the workspace to make it more
> easier.
> 
> I made a first mockup, I took the idea that a desktop couldn't be  a
> folder in fullscreen.
> 
> I add also three timelines to get an quickly access in time to files,
> contacts, and folders.
> The time, with Zeitgeist, will be a big component of the new Gnome3.
> http://nsa15.casimages.com/img/2010/04/26/100426022404679486.png
> 
> I made also a second mockup here
> http://nsa14.casimages.com/img/2010/04/29/100429085821394270.png
> It's show, how we can manage projects with workspace directly from the
> overview.
> 
> I am not a good designer, but I hope that you understand the idea
> behind this drawing.
> 
> The first discussion was here:
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2010-April/msg00200.html
> 
> Thanks for the listening.
> 
> Kao

I really like the idea of a file/activity being part of a project.
This could be implemented easily using the Zeitgeist API. This could
even be automatized, using the capabilities of the Zeitgeist engine.

You can give it a try right now, with the latest build of the Gnome
Activity Journal. You can have the most used files/activities with the
one you choose (as it logs everything you do in gedit, tomboy, totem,
rhythmbox, firefox, eog, etc. + opened files). It works, and I think
there is huge potentialities in this idea.

The GAJ is great, but it's not really user friendly to open it, choose
the file, right click, and so on.

What about an application indicator displaying the most used
files/activities with the one you are currently doing (aka the last
logged zeitgeist event) ?

One click, and you are provided what you probably need, or at least what
you used to need.

David