Agree. Using additional methods of launchings apps would mean something is lacking in the default environment.
From: "Stefano Facchini" <stefano facchini gmail com>
To: gnome-shell-list gnome org
Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2010 11:18:41 PM
Subject: Re: Suggestion: Make a dock from application icons in overview
I am using docky, too, for this purpose! But this should be a built-in
feature of the shell, it is a much more consistent experience. For
example, with docky I have to setup application launchers twice, as well
as other customizations.
Il giorno gio, 02/12/2010 alle 07.10 -0800, Sriram Ramkrishna ha
scritto:
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Allan E. Registos
> <allan registos smpc steniel com ph> wrote:
> +1 to this idea, less mouse gesture, I don't have to go to
> activities, just a quick mouse hover to the left edge of the
> screen.
> In addition if there is an accidental mouse hover to the left,
> the slide-in effect must be quick enough to avoid distraction
> while working on a task.
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> I've been using docky for this purpose. Which seems to be doing what
> you are asking for. In addition it also tells me what apps are open
> which if you have a slide in and slide out mechanism it doesn't allow
> for. (unless of course there is an option to turn it off) I'm
> hesitant to ask for such a feature when docky already seems to fill
> this space.
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> sri
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> To: "Stefano Facchini" <stefano facchini gmail com>
> Cc: "Shell-List" <gnome-shell-list gnome org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 11:01:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Suggestion: Make a dock from application icons in
> overview
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> +1
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> This is exactly what I suggested in a very recent discussion
> about minimizing windows in gnome-shell.
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> This is a extremely simple change that adds the much needed*
> taskbar to gnome shell.
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> *See my post in "Minimizing Windows violates mental model" for
> details.
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Stefano Facchini
> <stefano facchini gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
> maybe this is an already known idea, but it could be
> possible to make a
> dock with the list of application icons on the left
> side of overview
> mode. When the mouse touches the left edge of the
> screen, the list of
> icons slides in, just like a taskbar, without
> activating the exposé for
> windows. I'd really like to see something similar in
> gnome-shell!
>
> What do you think?
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