Re: Window management pie menu

[Joern Konopka <cldx3000 googlemail com>]

2010/4/15 Tomasz Sterna <tomek xiaoka com>

Dnia 2010-04-15, czw o godzinie 18:20 +0200, Rovanion Luckey pisze:

>         Thanks for the good idea. I really like the concept. However,
>         this isn't very useful when there are three or more desktops
>         in linear view. Does anyone has other ideas to solve this
>         issue?
>
> You could instead of arrows have each workspace represented by their
> number, and require the user to press the button of the workspace they
> want to send the window too.

Maybe:
- if you quickly drag to the button or click it, you move the window to
the next workspace
- if you drag and hold the mouse over the pie button not releasing the
button, miniatures of all desktops in that direction unfold and you may
drop the window on the selected desktop

Hi Guys, just spraying a little bit of ugly realism into this Discussion, honestly, i like the PieThrower, but i like to refer to my Mother coming to Computers, shes using Ubuntu because i lured her into it and everytime i see a new Feature im thinking "Could she be taking advantage of that?". So heres what i think the casual User would expect from a Middle-Click-Move-Window-to-Workspace-# Menu. Just thrown together really quick. 

4 Workspaces in 2 Rows Setup  twitpic.com/1fu17u 

3 Workspaces Linear Setup twitpic.com/1fu2gj

Its emphasizing several questions i would ask myself while moving a Window to another Workspace.

  - Where i'm at right now (and the Window i want to move) in relation to the other Workspaces?  Solution: Color Separation, like making the currrent Window more reddish as in the Picture.

  - Where do i move it? Solution: The Workspaces in the Menu are arranged like they would be in the actual Desktop Environment.

  - What Group does my Window fit in? Whats already in the target Workspace? Solution: Little "Placeholders" for the Current Windows on the Workspaces, its more likely people will recognize their Window Setup by Shape not by enumeration.

Like i said, i just threw this together really quick, just hoping it will give you further input alongside your current discussion.