Just to clarify=2C the activites m= enu is the main menu triggered by the hot corner on top left by default.

Please make this idea into reality.

For =3Bfurther&nb= sp=3Bclarification you can email me back (strnm@live.com)

Bye=2C

Zeerak

= --_f83741f5-b236-4d8c-b927-880c14c41eb1_-- From calum.benson@oracle.com Mon Dec 3 17:22:05 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: usability@gnome.org Delivered-To: usability@gnome.org Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C43752863 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:22:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.201 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.201 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001] autolearn=ham Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aFJeMbaA+cFo for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aserp1050.oracle.com (aserp1050.oracle.com [141.146.126.70]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8428F75285F for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com (aserp1040.oracle.com [141.146.126.69]) by aserp1050.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id qB3HLnLu003325 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:21:49 GMT Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id qB3HLk6R007668 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:21:47 GMT Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qB3HLjT2005116 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:21:45 GMT Received: from abhmt120.oracle.com (abhmt120.oracle.com [141.146.116.72]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id qB3HLjeo007453; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 11:21:45 -0600 Received: from dhcp-eastpoint-block-c-10-169-107-144.ie.oracle.com (/10.169.107.144) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:21:44 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1501\)) From: Calum Benson In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:21:41 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "usability@gnome.org Usability" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1501) X-Source-IP: aserp1040.oracle.com [141.146.126.69] Subject: Re: [Usability] Important suggestion X-BeenThere: usability@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: This list is devoted to discussing and improving GNOME's usability List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:22:05 -0000 Hi Zeerak, Thanks for your suggestion. Since it specifically concerns the shell = component, you might consider directing it to the = mailing list, where more of the right = designers and developers will probably see it more quickly. Regards, Calum. On 1 Dec 2012, at 10:25, Zeerak Imran wrote: > Hey (developers), > For a start, I would like to say that I really like Gnome 3 and all = the efforts you have put into it, keep going. > Here is my suggestion which I would really want to be implemented in = the next update/release or at least have an extension made for it. > The suggestion is: >=20 > Make it so that when a user types anything while on desktop ,without = anything selected, it opens the activities menu and inserts whatever = he/she typed on the desktop into the search field. > Please make this transition seamless. So the second I start typing on = the desktop my charectors that I have already typed and am typing are = immediately being inserted into the Activites search with the Activities = menu open.=20 > This idea isn't exactly original as this works on my blackberry as = well and I thought it would be amazing if it worked in gnome since = blackberry os and gnome 3 are actually very similar in design. > Just to clarify, the activites menu is the main menu triggered by the = hot corner on top left by default. > Please make this idea into reality. > For further clarification you can email me back (strnm@live.com) >=20 > Bye, > Zeerak > _______________________________________________ > usability mailing list > usability@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability --=20 CALUM BENSON Interaction Designer +353 1 803 3807 Systems Experience Design http://blogs.oracle.com/calum Oracle EMEA Ltd., Ireland