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Re: Idea for improving visibility of running applications

 

How we do that? I've never done this before :)

2011/5/3 Toki Tahmid <oxwivi@xxxxxxxxx>

> I second Evan's opinion. I hope we can somehow register a feature-request
> bug.
>
>
> On 3 May 2011 16:33, Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I can't speak for anyone else, but I quite like the look of it.
>>
>> Regarding images, you did the right thing. Sending it as an attachment
>> is slow since the mail server has to copy the file to every single
>> person on the list. Uploading it elsewhere and providing a link is
>> best.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Evan
>>
>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist
>> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Here I have the finished mockup of how this configurable feature could
>> > work. For the future, what is the best way to share images with the
>> > ayatana mailing list? Is it by attaching the image to the email or
>> > upload it like I've done now?
>> >
>> > Here is the link:
>> > http://i.imgur.com/bnIAE.png
>> >
>> > 2011/5/3 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >> Yeah me too, I will get working on a mockup tomorrow so that it's
>> easier to
>> >> imagining the end result!
>> >>
>> >> On 03/05/11 01:11, Evan Huus wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
>> >>> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Well what about making it toggle on the cursor hovering the launcher?
>> And
>> >>>> maybe resaturate (maybe partially) the current hovered item?
>> >>>
>> >>> So it's saturated normally, but when the mouse moves over it only
>> >>> running programs (and maybe the hovered launcher) remain saturated? I
>> >>> like the sound of that. My only worry is that new users will think
>> >>> they shouldn't interact with it since it desaturates when you mouse
>> >>> over.
>> >>>
>> >>> Still, I would be interested in playing with a mockup of that for a
>> >>> while and seeing how well it works in reality.
>> >>>
>> >>> Evan
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 02/05/11 23:57, Evan Huus wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
>> >>>>> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>    wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I just read Bartosz mail about that the running applications aren't
>> >>>>>> always
>> >>>>>> so easy to see and got an idea. Some icon sets, like Faenza which I
>> >>>>>> use,
>> >>>>>> is
>> >>>>>> very colorful and since the icons are squared they almost fill the
>> >>>>>> whole
>> >>>>>> icon place holder so that the illuminated background isn't helping
>> very
>> >>>>>> much. Therefore for the next iteration of Unity it would be nice to
>> >>>>>> have
>> >>>>>> a
>> >>>>>> option to desaturate (grey-out) applications which aren't running.
>> So
>> >>>>>> that
>> >>>>>> the toggle function illuminates the background and makes it easy to
>> >>>>>> spot
>> >>>>>> the
>> >>>>>> coloured applications instead in midst of the grey ones.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> What are your thoughts on that?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm not sure that would work very well: the default launcher would
>> end
>> >>>>> up this ugly grey strip since no programs are run when you first log
>> >>>>> on. As an user-selected option it might be ok though.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Evan
>> >>>>
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