This topic only comes up at least once a month with people asking for it. So yeah clearly it's not a good idea, good job listening to your users GNOME. > Subject: Re: A task panel > From: jhs jsschmid de > To: kaochen2 gmail com > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 17:57:38 +0200 > CC: gnome-shell-list gnome org > > Hi! > > Just to sum this topic up: I discussed this with owen on IRC and he > doesn't think it is a good idea and as such I won't waste my time on it. > > If someone wants to create a gnome-shell extension he is free to do so. > > Regards, > Johannes > > Am Dienstag, den 18.05.2010, 15:55 +0200 schrieb Kao Chen: > > I am glad to see you love this idea. > > But I just have some skills with Gimp, that's all. I don't have any > > talent to make a piece of code. > > I can just make a other mockup with an hotspot on the corner. > > http://nsa14.casimages.com/img/2010/05/18/100518034733906311.jpg > > > > I have made just an copy paste of the actual Alt-Tab, but if we use a > > corner, we can imagine it like a circle. I will try build an other > > mockup but it should need more code to do that. > > > > An other things, did I need to add a new page on the design > > playground? > > And I try to connect me on the IRC but I should miss something. Did I > > need an account or an invitation? > > > > Thanks for the support > > > > > > 2010/5/18 Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimilan club fr> > > Le mardi 18 mai 2010 à 10:47 +0000, jhs jsschmid de a écrit : > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > Now that may be a good way to introduce the user to the > > alt-tab interface. > > > > Tough some might not like this a whole lot since it > > resembles having a > > > > taskbar. > > > > > > I like it! Probably the best replacement for a taskbar I > > have seen (as it > > > is no real taskbar to just a clever way to pop up the > > alt-tab interface). > > > > > > I would probably give a try on patching this if there is > > some feedback > > > from the design team. > > > > I like the idea of having a taskbar too, at least an optional > > one, and > > it would be useful to test how users feel with and without it. > > > > But I don't think abusing the clock for that purpose is a good > > idea at > > all. If you write an extension to do this, please use e.g. the > > bottom-left corner, which is a much more sensible place for > > this kind of > > thing, symmetrical to the message bar in the bottom-right > > corner. > > > > If you want feedback from designers, best is to ping mccann on > > #gnome-shell. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > gnome-shell-list gnome org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy. |