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On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Michael J Daniel <
michael.j.daniel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> **
> What about moving everything on the screen to the right when the launcher
> appears.
> And move it back when the launcher goes away?
>
>
Sounds cool. better than accidental launches that stay on screen. however
quick targetting of buttons will still be affected.


>
>

> On 11/04/2011 06:55 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
IMHO if its long enough to avoid accidental launches, it will frusturated
genuine launches. What do you think?

On Nov 4, 2011 9:29 AM, "Thorsten Wilms" <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).
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thorsten Wilms
>>
>> thorwil's design for free software:
>> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
Ink scape! +10


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