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I think the best thing about those screenshots is they don't have the sidebar... Breadcrumbs do bring something new to the table, and a good thing at that > Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:13:57 +0200 > Subject: Re: gnome-shell-list Digest, Vol 9, Issue 2 > From: jon nettleton gmail com > To: ankere gmail com > CC: gnome-shell-list gnome org > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Jon Nettleton<jon nettleton gmail com> wrote: > > *snip* > >> > >> > >> This is the best thing that could happen to Gnome's usability IMO. I > >> would very much like to have this in the final 3.0 version and if it's > >> not there it would be pity. I think that there are still some design > >> issues such as coolness and like usability but I guess the first one is > >> going to wait a bit. The one most visible is the repetition of data in > >> the panel and the window's titlebar. Maybe one solution is to have in > >> the titlebar display only the name of the application + icon and the top > >> panel - the filename and app icon thus making the breadcrumbs associated > >> with document model and an easy way to navigate documents. But then how > >> we would control applications that could use more than one docs (e.g. > >> several tabs in FF or some pictures in gimp)? > > > > Thanks for the input. I was already thinking about doing something like > > this to help differentiate information and make the crumbs look cleaner. > > The best I could come up with was to display the wm_class as the > > windowcrumb text. It is a bit abusive I think but works visually. > > > > I have also added the code so the workspace crumb only shows up if there > > are multiple workspaces. This gets us back to the simple use case for > > basic users. I am just brutishly showing the workspace crumb when > > multiple workspaces are there. This should have an animation where the > > window crumb slides over and the workspace crumb fades in. I will get > > to that after I finish up window notifications. > > > >> > >> P.S. > >> Your screencast is generally good but you might consider slowing down a > >> bit the movements of your mouse so that everybody can follow it and > >> maybe adding some bg sound ;) > > > > Thanks for the input I will keep it in mind. This was just a quick > > screencast to show the functionality I was providing. Anyone is more > > than welcome to grab my branch and make a better one. > > > > > woops forgot the obligatory screenshots. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eQLApwGVaB14yHksZe4I8Q?feat=directlink > > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0u4s-bhxFnNiz3oN-5e7hw?feat=directlink > > Jon > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. |