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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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