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[Toki Tahmid <oxwivi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm afraid I'm not one of the attendees of UDS.

On 8 May 2011 15:24, Pippa Kyle <pippa.kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Are you guys at UDS?
>
> I wouldn't mind having an informal session/chat about app/windows
> centricity & management.
>
>
> On 08/05/11 01:45, Ed Lin wrote:
>
>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Toki Tahmid<oxwivi@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>> This is NOT a suggestion to turn launcher window-centric, just a thread
>>> to
>>> discuss how it'd be.
>>>
>> Essentially a window-centric launcher is an oxymoron because "launch"
>> always means "application", but read on.
>>
>>  On 7 May 2011 23:06, Toki Tahmid<oxwivi@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know why everyone's making an assumption that I suggest
>>>> something
>>>> like preview of Windows 7's taskbar, but I want to make it clear it's
>>>> just
>>>> an example.
>>>>
>>> I'm not making any assumptions, please read more closely.
>>
>> I brought up the windows 7 task bar because it's the only mainstream
>> implementation of a fusion of taskbar and dock. However as I pointed
>> out in the default configuration it is actually a plain app-centric
>> launcher and only has secondary window-centric elements. Much closer
>> comes the non-default win7 taskbar that has app-launcher icons that
>> expand to window-icons which are grouped by application.
>> One step is probably missing though, see this mockup
>> http://i.imgur.com/YwMeg.png
>> from http://pastehtml.com/view/1e1uiox.html
>>
>> I think that's the best implementation of taskbar meats dock offering
>> all functions of both without sacrificing too much.
>> But I'm not sure that's what you after. You are asking for a primary
>> window-centric launcher. That doesn't exist, it's not possible to do
>> without turning the launcher into something else, i.e. back into a
>> taskbar.
>>
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