Re: [Deskbar] Idea - integrate deskbar in the gnome menubar

[Sebastian Pölsterl <marduk k-d-w org>]

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David Prieto schrieb:
> Hi all,
Hi David,

> 
> I originally sent this idea as a Launchpad bug, but I thought it could
> be better to discuss it in the list.
> 
> I just read this comment on ubuntuforums: 
> 
>> I love how in Vista I can press the Start key and instantly type in
>> stuff to find such as files or apps. Is it possible to do the same
>> actions in ubuntu? I know there are search features and some program
>> called Beagle seems pretty popular, but is it possible to get that
>> same action on ubuntu?
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=997650
> 
I agree it's a handy feature which is also visible to the not so techy
users.

> So I thought, why not? Would it be possible to include deskbar on the
> gnome menubar, so that you can start searching just by clicking the apps
> menu or pressing F1? 
> 
> I made a mockup to see what it would look like:
> 
> http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4394/pantallazo1zm0.png
> 
> As for not forcing it on the user, we wouldn't have to. It could be
> enabled or disabled, very easily, from Alacarte. So it would depend on
> the distributions (or the users themselves) to show it by default or
> not. 
> 
> http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2087/pantallazouk1.png
> 
> So, do you have any opinions on it?
> 
With the current code that's not possible. First, gnome-panel is written
in C and Deskbar in Python. I'm currently, the only active Deskbar
developer, therefore a re-write in C is out of the question.

However, it might be a worthwhile goal for GNOME 3. Mabye it can be
integrated into the efforts writing a new GNOME shell [1].

[1]: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell

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Greetings,
Sebastian Pölsterl
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