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[Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>]

Since this doesn't seem to be the best solution for everyone I hope we can
work together on making a new design sketch which works. I will try a few
different approaches and I hope that people will pitch in with their own
ideas. Thanks guys for your feedback!

2011/5/6 Jamu Kakar <jkakar@xxxxxxxx>

> Hi Niklas,,
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > "But please tell me one reason why increasing the visibility of the
> > background of running apps isn't just as good in terms of visibility
> > with the added benefit of being always visible, not just on hover,
> >  i.e. more consistent and more usable."
> >
> > The reason for why I don't think that's such a good idea is because
> there's
> > a risk there will be too much going on on the launcher together with
> > colorful icons, counters and progress bars. Therefore I believe the
> solution
> > is to tune down the noise and not add more, this will provide a cleaner
> > interface.
> > I just finished my JS and HTML mockup and I feel that it works very good
> in
> > practice. Don't expect it to be completely bug free because I did it
> quick
> > and dirty to just have something to show you guys. It basically works in
> all
> > new browsers so feel free to try it out. Though if you click around like
> > crazy there's a chance the icons don't change as they should.
> > Mockup:
> > http://unity-mockup.nsrosenqvist.com/
> > Source:
> > http://unity-mockup.nsrosenqvist.com/source/unity-mockup.zip
>
> Thanks for putting this together!  Something I find a bit awkward with
> Unity, in general, is that a number of things change as you move your
> mouse.  For example, in stock Unity the launcher slides around
> (depending on whether you have a maximized window), the global menu
> appears or disappears as you move your mouse near the top of the
> screen, and the orange window outline around windows does weird things
> when you move a window aroud.
>
> I find these behaviours rather confusing and distracting.  The mockup
> you've made adds to this noise.  When you hover the launcher, it looks
> like everything gets disabled and I wonder if I can really click the
> icons... then when I mous away it comes back to life.  I think it's
> the opposite to what I expected.
>
> Anyway, it's great to be able to see an idea in action, thanks for
> taking the time to do this.
>
> Thanks,
> J.
>