Thank you for your comments. I think my phrasing was'nt too good.
Please tell me what you think.
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
<joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Den 22. okt. 2011 10:19, skrev sachit daniel:
0)Heavily inspired by Gnome shell that comes with ubuntu 11.10.
Please try it out if you haven't. Waaay smoother and more
intuitive than unity for window switching and workspace
management( Alt+ Tab and the overview switcher you get when
pressing super/TLSC)
That is just a claim. If you want to be taken seriously, then you
have to provide something to back your claims up.
I'm a little confused. What I meant was that my comments were heavily
influenced by me using both Unity and Gnome Shell. _I_ found the GS
interface better for window switching (strictly IMHO :) ), while I
found Unity better for the rest(window design, lenses, launchers etc)
1)Alt + Tab switcher:
1.a)switcher ignores all mouse input: proposed changes:
i) Mouse over expansion of app icons to their windows
ii)click to choose
iii)click out of area (even while holding down alt + tab) to
quit switcher and remain on the same window.
Ok, using the mouse to choose might be an ok feature. But in that
case, clicking would select an app, not display the previews. That
would have to be a right click or something else.
I meant mouse over=down arrow; click=release alt+tab; click outside=Esc
1.b)Previews alone are insufficient to quickly choose between
windows.
It would be useful if the titles of windows were also provided
in the list.
If you want to switch between windows of the same application,
then you shouldn't use alt+tab. You should use the button above
tab instead. You press esc to escape from the switcher. I think
that's quite appropriate.
Yes, alt+` or Alt+Shift+up was what I had in mind. But that doesn't
solve the problem of Titles.
2)We also need a mouse-only switcher in the style of the gnome
shell overview switcher.
Required design features:
a)mouse only manipulation with launcher on dock.
We have that. You click the icon to focus the most recently used
window in the group. You click twice to get an overview of all the
open windows of that application.
b)Quick access w/o clicking: hot corner maybe TRSC/BLSC
We have that too. It's configurable. By default, the entire left
screen edge is hot. If you want to use a corner, then you can
choose to do that.
I was thinking of maybe binding the TRSC/BLSC by default
toShift+Alt+up. IMO, The multiple clicks required are not as
convenient as having a hot corner.
c)Integrated Workspace functionality: drag and drop between
workspaces, choose workspace and choose _windows_ (NOT APPS)
all in one interface (again see gnome shell)
super+s provides you with a workspace switcher and you can drag
and drop windows between them, or you click the workspace switcher
in the launcher if you want to use the mouse.
Ahh... the thing I liked the most in GS: One interface combining the
functionality of super+s AND Shift+Alt+up
(other features- box around current active window, mouse only
exit from chooser, window titles below preview)
There are improvements to be made in the super+w and super+numnum
views. I agree with this.
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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