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["frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx" <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

forgive me for sending 4 in a row on this thread..

here's a mockup of what i think, attached.
it's actually a screenshot, just imagine the possibilities!

the resize grab handle would have to be touch-friendly
perhaps big enough to host an animation on it on horizontal mouse drag,
e.g. a spinning rim (themeable animation,like Wanda the Fish¹ :D )
putting an animation on it that moves as the handle is dragged would be
additional feedback on the human interface operation, such stuff "feels"
good to touch.

the mockup at hand portays a movie on the left and a nautilus window on the
right.
other possible combinations:
* Word Processor on the left, web dictionary on the right.
* hacking in Terminal on the left, looking at the outcome on the right
* Lifera on the left, Facebook on the right
* The Gimp on the left, $HOME/Pictures/Screenshots
...etc

i can think of a zillion cool applications of having this possibility in
Compiz.
I just don't think it will be easy to design this, if you try to overlay
floating and tiling WM concepts for > 2 "panes".

¹ http://www.fifi.org/doc/gnome-help-data/html/fish_applet/C/index.html

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