Re: Active Applications list

[Thibault Saunier <saunierthibault gmail com>]

I installed it and can see it is running in Looking glass, but actually
don't see what it does. What should it do exactly?

Thanks

Le jeudi 24 juin 2010 à 16:58 +0200, Giovanni Campagna a écrit : 
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Marcus Moeller <mail marcus-moeller de> wrote:
> > Dear Giovanni,
> >
> >>>> I propose some kind of active apps/tasks list that is displayed at all
> >>>> times. I get the feeling that the developers want to keep the
> >>>> panel/task bar (whatever it is being called) clutter free, so they are
> >>>> not going to want program names splattered across it. I think the
> >>>> solution would be to have smallish icons of the active apps/tasks
> >>>> displayed next to the activities button.
> >>> Hi and thanks for trying the Shell and reporting. This issue has been
> >>> discussed many times already on this list though, and designers and
> >>> developers don't have the time to answer again an again the same
> >>> concerns.
> >>>
> >>> To be short: it's at the core or the Shell's design to work with the
> >>> overview rather than an application list. Though the Shell has a support
> >>> for optional extensions, so if somebody steps in and provides an
> >>> application list extension, this feature will be available for people
> >>> who feel the need for it. But not by default.
> >>
> >> I managed to write something that, while looking similar to the
> >> Application pane in the overview, offers rapid window management,
> >> without zooming in and out and without moving the previously active
> >> window, if only for a second. A dock, if you prefer.
> >> Differently from AWN and Docky, though, this uses Shell's own window
> >> management facilities, so should have the same behaviour in edge cases
> >> (like windows with incorrect class, loader windows, windows with no
> >> title, windows that cannot be mapped to an active application, etc.),
> >> to get an overall consistent experience.
> >> You can find it at
> >> http://ilmagazzino.altervista.org/personal/activeapps_scampa.giovanni.gmail.com.tar.gz
> >> (replace _ with @ after download)
> >
> > Could you perhaps leave us a note how to integrate/use it?
> 
> It is not a patch, it is a standard GNOME Shell extension, so to use
> it, just untar the package into $XDG_DATA_DIR/gnome-shell/extensions
> (~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions) and reload the shell.
> Of course, in the future the Shell should have some extension manager,
> but for all users of this mailing list manual management should be
> easy enough
> 
> > --
> > Greets
> > Marcus
> >
> 
> Giovanni
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