Re: Move to Workspace (Right | Left) Proposal

[Caleb Groom <caleb calebgroom com>]

On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 16:12 -0500, Britt Selvitelle wrote:
> I'd like to discuss the removal of "Move to Workspace Right/Left" from
> the right click context menu for windows. The HIG specifies that context
> menus should be kept as simple as possible [1]. Users are given the
> functionality of specifying which workspace to move the window to via
> the "Move to Another Workspace" menu. I simply cannot see enough use
> cases to move it directly to the right or left to justify its own
> entries.
> 
> Here is a comparison of how the menu looks in its current state, and how
> it would look with these entries removed (from a non-edge workspace):
> 
> 	http://sweb.uky.edu/~mbselv0/move_workspace.png
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Britt
> 
> [1]
> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/menus-types.html#menu-type-popup

As a laptop user I really enjoy the new menu choices.  Not having to
navigate the submenu on my touch pad makes me warm and fuzzy.

I use it mainly in a 'get this app out of my view, quickly.'  For tasks
that are going to take several hours (downloading NLD and FC3 today) I
want to move them to another desktop as fast as I can.

Granted I typically work on the left most desktop so my menu looks a
little more sane.

Offtopic, but it's interesting to note that the HIG also says we are to
avoid submenus on a popup menu.

Note: Resending this to include the list, sent the first directly to
Britt)