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Except it's arguably disorientating. Requires more mouse movement (to corner for overlay, then down to icon) Loses the "infinite height" advantage the window list had so the icons are a much smaller target > Subject: RE: Scroll to zoom in/out. > From: shanepatrickfagan ubuntu com > To: merkinman hotmail com > CC: gnome-shell-list gnome org > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:42:12 +0100 > > Hey, > > There is mouse selection its just in the activities area and not on the > desktop. When you get used to it the window selection in the activities > area is very fast. I do it without much effort now. Just push the mouse > to the top right hand corner and click on the window you want. I think > its better in Shell actually because you get to see whats going on in > the windows too. > > -fagan > > On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 08:37 -0400, Mark Curtis wrote: > > I (and others, like Netbook users) don't have a large display > > Alt-Tab exists in GNOME now IN ADDITION TO the window list, why can't > > both a keyboard and mouse solution exist in shell? Most of my day is > > spend reading (not replying) to emails and reading on the web. My hand > > is never on the keyboard in the first place so needing to put on there > > is actually less efficient > > The third example uses Compiz and as that's not compatible with GNOME > > Shell, it's not a solution > > > > > Subject: Re: Scroll to zoom in/out. > > > From: tomek xiaoka com > > > To: gnome-shell-list gnome org > > > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:41:49 +0200 > > > > > > Dnia 2010-04-13, wto o godzinie 19:48 -0400, Jason Sauders pisze: > > > > What if alt+scroll is bound to zoom > > > > in/out? That'd be pretty handy. > > > > > > Good idea. :) > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > are we going to see some sort of dock-like or somehow an > > integrated > > > > system to quickly switch between active applications WITHOUT > > having to > > > > go to the overview mode (or alt tab) to do it? > > > > > > Please, no dock! > > > http://www.asktog.com/columns/044top10docksucks.html > > > > > > Could you please elaborate, why do you think having all running > > > applications visible at once and accessible with one click so > > important? > > > Is there a use case, or is it just resistance to change the habit? > > > > > > There is a case when you are working with two/three windows (source > > and > > > destination document) and need to be able to quickly change between > > > them, but there are many sooooo better ways one could accomplish > > this. > > > 1. If you have big display, just tile the windows to see them both > > at > > > once. There are even WMs that enforce this workflow. [1] > > > 2. If you are working with test, keyboard switcher (Atl-Tab) is so > > much > > > quicker than leaving the keyboard and handling the mouse. We even > > have > > > one application window switch shortcut (Alt-`) > > > 3. Grouping working set windows in one using a window manager > > feature > > > and switching the grouped windows with mouse or keyboard. [2] [3] > > > > > > > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager > > > [2] http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Group > > > [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nK4_cH5sbM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > gnome-shell-list gnome org > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts > > with Hotmail. Get busy. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > gnome-shell-list gnome org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started. |