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

[Jon Kristensen <jon kristensen nejla se>]

Oh yes, deskbar-applet... I had totally forgot about that one. :)

What do you think about developing this feature as a widget instead of a 
GTK application? It would make it easier to make it simplistic, it would 
blend into the rest of gnome-shell better and it would be easier to 
style with accelerated animations and such. :)

Perhaps we could make a new GUI for deskbar-applet?

Jon

On 12/03/2010 11:24 AM, Stefano Facchini wrote:
> 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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