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But Sean is commenting on how they all look similar IN THE OVERVIEW. > Subject: Do/not implement Dock. > From: tomek xiaoka com > To: gnome-shell-list gnome org > Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:41:08 +0200 > > Dnia 2010-04-15, czw o godzinie 00:59 -0600, Sean Brady pisze: > > I have 3 Firefox windows open and 2 terminals on 2 desktops- with the > > overview all the Firefox and all the terminals look identical. I have > > to mouse over each one to get to what I am looking for. That's not > > very efficient at all, and quite frankly I am finding it frustrating > > to the point of considering discontinuing it's use. > > I would argue that 3 identical firefox icons and 2 identical terminal > icons are even less distinguishable. This is one of the usability > failures of Dock I already mentioned. > > With overview, you see window contents and can easily pick the one > you're interested in. It's exactly the window you want and remember - > just smaller. > > > > Another thing that you have to realize is that by activating the > > overview, you change the appearance of the entire screen, which can be > > very confusing sometimes. The change in the entire visual appearance, > > with windows moving around to order then back again, leaves the user > > lost sometimes. I feel like I never know where things are. > > That's why the transitions are animated. Every window is animated from > the point it originally was and shrunk to the overview position, and > grew back when you leave the overview. This keeps spatial connections > and is designed to work with human brain cognitive abilities. > > Maybe your gfx card is not able to handle the transition well, and > everything just jumps from place to place for you? I see very smooth > window transitions on Intel G31. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. |