What about requiring a hit and park to display the launcher? In order
to show the launcher, the user must place the point er on the edge of
the screen and stop it there. Then, after a brief delay (100-150ms),
the launcher would reveal.
On Nov 4, 2011 9:29 AM, "Thorsten Wilms" <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 11/04/2011 01:10 PM, Sony-qs wrote:
Isn't it possible to adjust the launcher like this?
[Had mockup attached with Launcher starting below Firefox's bars]
So far, I only have one case where I regularly get the Launcher
while aiming at something else: using Inkscape's toolbar. I often
use the shortcuts for tool switching, but now I'm painfully
reminded of each time I don't. I would expect users who make less
use of shortcuts to be hit harder.
For any application with an important toolbar or similar on the
left, offsetting the Launcher is not possible, as there is not not
enough space left. Triggering only when you slam the pointer to
the edge does not help, as the user does that anyway, to get to
the target area as fast as possible.
Triggering only if the pointer reaches "negative" coordinates is
not an option, as that either is too hard to trigger, or will
happen as soon as you slam the pointer towards the edge.
As long as the Launcher stays on the left and does not stay fixed
on the screen *, application should avoid putting important stuff
in proximity. But complex application may have so many tools and
options that it may be painful, layout-wise, to avoid an entire edge.
* To be clear, I do not recommend to get rid of the Launcher
hiding behavior, as screen space is too precious for that on
anything but very large displays (perhaps).
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Thorsten Wilms
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