Re: gnome shell (workspaces)mockups

[Ryan Peters <sloshy45 sbcglobal net>]

On 01/08/2010 01:52 PM, dani wrote:
> Hi, Im Daniel.P and i'm a designer.
> Few days ago i'm work on ubuntu projects, and now I would like to
> explain one of my ideas for gnome shell on graphic mockups.
> hope you like.
>
> mockup 1:(desktop)
>
> http://www.subirimagenes.com/imagen-defaultdesktop-3853468.html
>
> -places are not activities
> -add more space for documents in activities mode
>
> Mockup 2:(activities mode)
>
> http://www.subirimagenes.com/imagen-activitiesmode-3853505.html
>
> -add eyecandy. get a nice look is very important to gnome shell for
> users to accept
>
> Mockup 3:(save workspaces)
>
> http://www.subirimagenes.com/imagen-workspacesave1-3853528.html
>
> -This idea was previously expressed by any user, now I have refined
> -the icons express the funtionality and minimalism style(its probably
> better in more smaller)
> -when you click a save icon, the shell is blocked and you can move the
> mouse over the workspace that will light the edge in its path.
>
> Mockup 4:
>
> http://www.subirimagenes.com/imagen-workspacesave2-3853565.html
>
> -can save their workspaces in a backend designed for them
>
> Mockup 5:
>
> http://www.subirimagenes.com/imagen-workspacesave3-3853576.html
>
> -and finally you can load the workspace you saved easy and simply.
>
>
>
>
> Daniel.P
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Fantastic! The concept of loading/saving workspaces would mesh perfectly 
with the gnome-shell concept! If I was working on a song, for instance, 
I might want LMMS, Audacity, Kdenlive (for the music video), and 
Hydrogen opened at once; saving those applications as a workspace would 
be perfect for me, because any time I felt like working on the song I 
could just load my workspace and it'd appear in addition to the ones I 
already have open.

One thing I'd like to add to the "activities" think-tank: what about 
"groups" of workspaces? I'd most certainly want my audio and video 
applications on different workspaces, or if I had my audio/video related 
things on one workspace and Gedit open on the other for editing the 
song's lyrics... I'm not saying that I'm an independent musician, though 
I wish I was.

This would be great for jobs where opening one application after another 
is a chore. Maybe each saved workspace could appear under "applications" 
in the overlay? It would most certainly more than make up for the extra 
space we'd have if the Places menu was put next to Activities (which, in 
my opinion, is an interesting idea as well). If a person right-clicked a 
saved (group of) workspace(s), maybe it could give the option of 
"merging" it with one (or more) currently open workspaces. Of course, if 
my current workspace is blank, it should load up in my current one. 
Dragging and dropping a saved workspace would be great as well; for 
instance, if I want to open a saved workspace with Gimp/Inkscape and a 
few folders/images, I might want that in front of my workspace with 
Firefox or Pidgin/Empathy/Thunderbird.

I'm sorry for dragging on and on about my personal opinions regarding 
this, but since trying out the latest build of Gnome-Shell I've fallen 
in love with it, and I'd love to help make things better (it's a shame I 
don't know javascript, or I'd code a bit myself). Cheers!