On 04/14/2010 07:44 AM, Mark Curtis wrote:
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
> > >
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I don't understand why everyone wants to run GNOME Shell with a dock.
It clutters up your screen, uses a lot of memory (especially Docky),
and it just isn't necessary at all. If you want to use a dock, go ahead
because nobody's stopping you, but for it to be official it just
wouldn't make much sense.
The only thing I have liked about docks was their "application
grouping" they usually have, where each program's represented by an
icon and you can switch between the individual windows in the program
easily with that one icon. But do I need a giant dock to do this? Nope.
I like organizing my desktop to make the most out of my workspaces so I
don't need a dock. All I need is a quick ctrl+alt+left/right
and there are my windows, easy to see and not piled up on top of each
other like on Windows. I admit, I am using a dock right now,
but it's DockBarX, so it sits on my panel while giving me that awesome
program grouping that docks give you in a much more compact way. I
advise everyone that swears by Docky to give this a try and maybe
install a few themes ;).
GNOME Shell doesn't need a dock, never will, and if you want a
different way to access your applications, just use a dock yourself or
wait until someone develops an add-on for A similar feature. By the
way, can't you switch applications with the sidebar? *psst, whoever is
working on that sidebar, I hate how it pushes everything over; I wish
it was more auto-hide-y*
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