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[Henrik Peytz <henrik.peytz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Disregarding the design for a moment, isn't the underlying problem that the
interface is supposed to support a wide range of vertical resolutions, but
doesn't?

I also have a 1920x1080 screen and I think want this layout badly, but I
also see your points on this being a mess on a smaller screen. Conversely,
if it was made to fit tablets or low-res screens it'd look diminutive on a
big screen.

A quick mind-fart: how about making Unity detect vertical resolution and
adjust dock-width accordingly on first run? It could even out the extremes
and make it easier to make the interface appear alike across different
resolutions; then again it the discussion would be between lowres-people
having their launchers too small and hires-people having their launchers too
big.

2011/5/24 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>

> As an addition to the reply to Ed Lin:
>
> Imagine when the launcher gets overflowed with launcher so that it stacks
> them at the top and bottom, how would this work together with your design?
>
> 2011/5/24 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>>  2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> A very rough sketch based on your image and parts scraped from google
>>> images...
>>> http://i.imgur.com/WMLYk.png
>>
>> I understand your idea but to me it feels like a last resort "make it just
>> work" solution.
>>
>> 1. It takes up a really big part of the launcher. The mockup is based on a
>> screen with 1050 px height so on smaller screens it could take up a majority
>> of the launcher.
>>
>> 2. None of the items are separated from other launcher items visually
>> (which I understand is the idea with it). This would probably be confusing
>> for new users since they will act differently than other launchers and IMHO
>> visually look bad. The "icons" will be dynamic, the icons within icons (e.g.
>> wifi, sound, battery) will be really hard to make look like they're there
>> because a thought through design choice.
>>
>> 3. It will completely rule out standard third party applications.
>>
>> 4. If a regular launcher have a black icon, it will be totally confusing.
>>
>> Not to be rude but there must be a better way to solve this than with this
>> design. It's not bad to make different elements of the OS look different,
>> often it's a plus.
>>
>> 2011/5/24 Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> Why can't we let the top panel stay and hold the indicators?
>>>
>> The top panel takes up a lot of vertical screen space and with it it's
>> harder to design interfaces for third party applications which are based
>> upon Fitt's law since they cannot use the top screen edge, which often holds
>> many of the most important elements of an application UI. That's just some
>> of the reasons.
>>
>> 2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> A very rough sketch based on your image and parts scraped from google
>>> images...
>>> http://i.imgur.com/WMLYk.png
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
>>> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > 2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> I hope I cleared that up as above. I probably should do a mockup
>>> >> myself (if have time...)
>>> >
>>> > I would very much like to see that, I'm having some trouble visualizing
>>> your
>>> > idea and this would help me greatly!
>>> > 2011/5/24 Henrik Peytz <henrik.peytz@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> 2011/5/24 Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I hope I cleared that up as above. I probably should do a mockup
>>> >>> myself (if have time...)
>>> >>
>>> >> If you guys don't mind, would you make a full desktop-mockup of the
>>> ideas?
>>> >> It's always nice to see how people see it fit into the greater whole.
>>> One
>>> >> thing is how the indicators will look, another is how the desktop will
>>> look
>>> >> without the current indicator being where it is now; perhaps it'll
>>> open up
>>> >> new possibilities, etc. ^^
>>>
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