Re: Suggestion: Make a dock from application icons in overview

[Stefano Facchini <stefano facchini gmail com>]

Yes this would be a great feature! There are many applets for gnome
doing this, I especially liked deskbar-applet. I read that development
of deskbar has been interruped, so maybe it could be merged in shell,
kind of "adoption" ?

Il giorno ven, 03/12/2010 alle 10.00 +0100, Jon Kristensen ha scritto:
> On a side note: One thing that I would LOVE in Gnome Shell is a better
> Alt + F2 application launcher (and a more convenient shortcut, such as
> Alt + Space) that provides completion while you're typing, and that
> has some kind of grammar allowing you to do other things than just
> launching binaries. See GNOME Do ( http://do.davebsd.com/ ) for an
> example. I tried gnome-launch-box but it doesn't even come close.
> Maybe we can add (and improve) gnome-launch-box?
> 
> On 12/03/2010 01:32 AM, Allan E. Registos wrote: 
> > 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:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > sri
> > >  
> > > 
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         
> > >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > >         From: appi2012 gmail com
> > >         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
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         +1
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         This is exactly what I suggested in a very recent
> > discussion
> > >         about minimizing windows in gnome-shell.
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         This is a extremely simple change that adds the much
> > needed*
> > >         taskbar to gnome shell.
> > >         
> > >         
> > >         *See my post in "Minimizing Windows violates mental model"
> > for
> > >         details.
> > >         
> > >         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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