Hi, I will try to give an informed opinion. In the current solution with Alt-Tab, windows can be invisible if the active one is in fullscreen, and minimised windows are always invisible. Extra input by the user is *always* needed to know the windows in the current workspace. In addition to this, the Alt-Tab system is modal: the set of steps required to get a desired outcome (an application is selected) depends on the current mode of the system (the application that is currently active and the history of activations). The exact same sequence of actions gives different results each time. Using "Activities" to switch applications is too cumbersome for an operation that right now is just point and click. With a window list, the windows in the current workspace are always visible and no extra actions are needed. This solution is not modal: just click the window's name and the window is activated. The same simple action gives the same result, always. With a window list, selecting a window is one extremely simple and repeatable step that does not require any previous action to get the information that it needs. Without it, the number of steps and the information that has to be kept in the user's head increases for no good reason. Regards, Felipe Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > Like most things, present a good argument with good data and the ui will > change. We are trying to provide the best user experience here. > > sri > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Mark Curtis <merkinman hotmail com > <mailto:merkinman hotmail com>> wrote: > > So basically "We don't care what you want, we're doing it this way"? > > > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:39:35 +0000 > > Subject: Re: Trying the shell > > From: greg gkn me uk <mailto:greg gkn me uk> > > To: gnome-shell-list gnome org <mailto:gnome-shell-list gnome org> > > > > > 2009/11/21 Steven Stern <subscribed-lists sterndata com > <mailto:subscribed-lists sterndata com>>: > > > * Not all my applets transferred. Can I add applets to the top > bar? > > > Specifically, weather. > > > > No. The sidebar is planned to replace this functionality. (Mind, the > > sidebar is not even fully designed yet). > > > > > * Is there a halfway point between showing on the currently active > > > window name next to "activities" on the top bar and the Windows > style of > > > showing all open apps on the bar? Sometimes I need to remember > what I'm > > > actually doing or have an easy way to flip back and forth among > windows. > > > Alt-Tab isn't quite it. > > > > The overview is supposed to do that. Click Activities or just point at > > the top-left corner. > > > > Showing only the current activity is intended to reduce distractions > > from other apps when you're focusing on a single task. It also removes > > the need for certain programs to “hide out of the way” in the > > notification area. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > gnome-shell-list gnome org <mailto:gnome-shell-list gnome org> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > Sign up now. > <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/> > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list gnome org <mailto:gnome-shell-list gnome org> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
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