Re: interapplication communication

[Johannes Schmid <jhs jsschmid de>]

Hi Rainer!


> I guess these discussions can become somewhat cumbersome for developers,
> because they are largely on the same topics. I think it would be helpful
> to distill a set of use-cases and a set of solutions for these use cases
> on the basis of gnome-shell.

OK, I created a page in the wiki, it lacks the solutions currently and
has to be filled with more data of course:
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/UseCases

> There is a document discussing the features of gnome-shell:
> http://www.gnome.org/~mccann/shell/design/GNOME_Shell-20091114.pdf
> 
> It is maintained by William Jon McCann <william jon mccann gmail com> and
> Jeremy Perry <jeremy perry redhat com>.
> 

Yeah, I read this of course. It's only discussing the alt-tab approach
and the overlay.

Regards,
Johannes


> I suggest that we collect ideas on this list for problems we have
> determined and send them our proposals. But to get features into the
> shell we should not only propose them, but try to convince the
> developers to like them (so they implement them).
> 
> Kind regards
>    Reiner
> 
> 
> 
> Johannes Schmid wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I think you can/could even configure such a bottom panel in gnome-shell
> > but it's kind of annoying because it takes up lot's of screen space.
> >
> > I am currently using gnome-shell on my netbook and it is really cool to
> > have no second panel. Anyway, the top panel is mostly empty and that's
> > annoying. I was proposing a task list like Ubuntu Netbook Remix is
> > offering with icons only for the inactive application and the
> > application name for the active.
> >
> > Anyway, I have the strange feeling that this list is more a discussion
> > between users than between users and developers which is a bit sad. I
> > would be really great if the core developers (Owen, Marina, etc.) would
> > join this discussion more often especially in the way if and how they
> > think some kind of task list could be useful. It seems that lots of
> > people are really proposing it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Johannes
> >
> > Am Samstag, den 26.12.2009, 18:47 +0100 schrieb Marcus Moeller:
> >   
> >> Hi all.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> I like the concept of gnome-shell if it comes to single apps, but I
> >>> wonder if it's a good solution if you work with multiple different
> >>> apps. E.g. if you want to drag and drop files between two nautilus
> >>> windows, you can choose between resizing both windows, placing them
> >>> side by side or using Alt+Tab to toggle between them.
> >>>
> >>> I know, one of the main arguments is that the application itself
> >>> should offer things like tabbed browsing, but what about interprocess
> >>> communication between totally different apps?
> >>>       
> >> To line out what I would prefer I have attached a screenshot. (Did not
> >> managed to get the color of the bottom panel matching :))
> >>
> >> Best Regards
> >> Marcus
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