And sorry for the double post, but the second mockup is really cool too.
On 05/03/2010 01:06 PM, Kao Chen wrote:
I have made an update of my mockups.
I focus on the project idea. I thinks that it's a good way to work.
On the overview, you manage your projects, and when you go to
workspace, the desktop-folder show only your project's files.
One desktop-folder for each projects.
I add an other widget, a mix between GAJ and Sezen, for a quickly
access to files in time.
The Overview:
http://nsa15.casimages.com/img/2010/05/03/100503101754810934.png
The workspace:
http://nsa14.casimages.com/img/2010/05/03/100503101939790053.png
And another try, with widgets, but it's too dark for me.
http://nsa15.casimages.com/img/2010/05/02/100502065741947598.png
Thanks for listening
Kao
2010/4/29 Kao Chen <kaochen2 gmail com>
I
continue in the "Project" idea direction. I have modified a capture of
the overview.
I have suppress the "Recent Documents" menu. I am sorry but I never use
it.
The icons and texts are too small for me. I prefer to see it directly
in Nautilus.
So I replaced it by a Projects menu.
Now we can drag and drop the project directly to the workspace we want.
We can also keep workspace empty to make activity without project, like
listen music or surf the web.
http://nsa14.casimages.com/img/2010/04/29/100429085821394270.png
Should I continue on that way? I need to know if you still like this
idea.
Thanks
Kao
2010/4/27 Kao Chen <kaochen2 gmail com>
I
like the idea of project and I think, it's can be a good partner of
"Activities".
Someone suggests to me that we can also make groups of projects.
I'am totally agree with him. Even more, if we keep a project in time.
In my job, I install a new machine.
For this, I have stored up documents, hyperlinks, installation
scripts, and manufacturer contacts.
If I have done a good job, I will never work again on this machine.
But most of the time, 6 month later, my Boss will say to me: 'Hey! can
you upgrade this machine and make it do the coffee now, please'
I will be glad, if I can find again my old project with all the good
job that I have already done.
So if I have to keep projects in time, I really need to make groups.
In my job, I make 3 or 4 working projects by week.
Another thought:
I we use the project idea, we have to clearly make the difference
between a Project bin and a folder.
If the design is too close, the user can be disturb.
And It will be more difficult to us, to explain that, when you delete a
file from you project, the file doesn't disappear from you computer.
I have worked with "Avid Interplay Database" which has a design close
to a file manager, and it's easy to be confused.
2010/4/26 Sean Brady <sbrady gtfservices com>
I think that this is an
interesting idea that perhaps should be
explored further.
On 04/26/2010 07:03 AM, Kao Chen wrote:
hi everybody,
I have read a part of the "Finding and Reminding" discussion.
And I have a little drawing to suggest.
I imagine something which can match with yours ideas, I think.
I didn't take any consideration for the technical issues.
I first took the idea that a desktop couldn't be any longer a folder in
fullscreen.
It's seems that the target for Gnome3 is to organize in "Activities". I
prefer to say "Projects".
At work, at home I work by projects.
-I am in charge of the printers inventory of my company (project 1)
-I have to rebuild the contacts database of my office (project 2)
-I search the best tv world for my new home. (project 3)
-And I make a beautiful mockup for Gnome3 (project 4)
A project, it's a sort of basket where we can puts what we need: files,
Folders, contacts, hyperlinks, applications.
-We can rename it, suppress it, save it, restore it, merge it to others.
-We (can) use only shortcuts.
I suggest that we use tabs directly on the destop to represent projects.
We can assign a project to workspaces directly from the Overview
without using tabs.
We can also use a scroll menu to switch between projects.
Now the other question is: How do we feed the basket.
I thinks that, we can use Timelines directly on the desktop.
One for files, one for folders and another for contacts.
A timeline displays the file by used date, the most recently on the
left to keep the direction of reading.
We display few files and if we want to see more, we just approach the
mouse to the other side to scroll the rest of the days.
We can also add starred at some elements to keep them in the left part.
In
order
to get a better idea, here is my mockup:
http://nsa15.casimages.com/img/2010/04/26/100426022404679486.png
All of that, it's a new idea and it needs to be improve.
If you don't like the idea, I hope that you see now more what you want
or not.
Thanks for the listening.
I already shared my idea on the french ubuntu forum.
They help me to create and improve this idea here:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=237222&p=25
Bye
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