On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 23:50 +0200, Mirco M�wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 27.09.2006, 12:13 +0200 schrieb Rapha�Slinckx: > > > Here is what mirco proposes as an initial mockup and the mail sent > > along... > > I think it's best to look for UI- and usability-designers to help the > deskbar-project come up with a solid bling-ified new UI for deskbar > (maybe do a design-contest advertised on p.g.o?). Once that's settled I > will gladly help out with any coding work that's cairo- and > compositing-related, should that be needed then. That's what kikidonk > initally asked me about. But right now it looks like you're still > searching for the right "look" you want to have in the end. In that > domain I'm not the best to ask to be honest (you don't want to know how > long it took me to draw the first themes for cairo-clock in inkscape ;). As you will see from my mockups I'm not exactly artistic of nature myself (not in this regrad atleast)... One thing is the basic layout and workflow, but there's also bling-effects to help give a good feel to the application. I'm thinking animations and visible user feedback. In the same spirit as wobbly windows. - Not exactly *useful*, but gives a tangible feeling to the desktop. To go a little along this way I introduced "LingeringSelectionWindows" at some point in 2.16 (the hit stays behind for a glimpse when you select it (like WinXP menu items)). I would love a lot more of this kind of effects in deskbar (and gnome/gtk alltogether, but that is a larger quest). I've attached and svg with some rough sketches of how some bling user feedback could be given. It is much centered around hit selection, but we should/could do these things in many places... Cheers, Mikkel
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