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

[Alessandro Crismani <alessandro crismani gmail com>]

> Il giorno ven, 03/12/2010 alle 11.59 +0100, Milan Bouchet-Valat ha
> scritto:
> > Le vendredi 03 décembre 2010 à 10:00 +0100, Jon Kristensen a écrit :
> > > 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?
> > Alt+F2 is really meant to be a simple launch entry for when you know the
> > exact command they want to run. Else, use the search entry from the
> > overview, which is exactly designed for that: it has a simple shortcut
> > (Logo key), and is meant to be extended. It will gain web search support
> > soon, and probably recent files (Zeitgeist), possibly people...
> > 
> > So if you lack some features from GNOME Do, they can easily be added to
> > the overview, with some JavaScript coding.
> > 
> > 

> Il giorno ven, 03/12/2010 alle 12.17 +0100, Stefano Facchini ha scritto:
> Ok that's true there is the search function. But I definitely think
that
> every feature of the overview mode (search, dash, application
launcher)
> should be accessible without passing through the exposé mode, which is
a
> very heavy graphical effect (and btw, by now it is quite slower than
the
> similar effect in compiz).
> 
> Anyway, I really like the gnome-shell project and would like to thank
> all the developers for their work!
> 

I, for myself, think that having a fast performing expose (I'm sure it
will come) would reduce the need for docks or taskbars, though I admit I
really liked the deskbar applet and I'd love to have a "Do-ified" Alt
+F2.

Alessandro