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[Сергей <shnatsel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone!
I would like to propose a feature that was previously requested in
numerous mockups, most notably the original ToPaZ brainstorm. User
needs to see what's going on on their desktop, that's why overview
mode was created in GNOME-Shell. But user needs not only to see their
windows - a good overview should also show what long-lasting processes
are going on, for example, how soon will a new Ubuntu release will be
downloaded with Transmission. Transmission already exports data about
the progress to windicator, why don't grab it and show it in
GNOME-Shell overview? There's a mockup of such extension an
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=105672. It should be
simple to implement, and this way the overview window would truly
serve its purpose.

Yours faithfully
Sergey Davidoff