Re: A task panel

[Stéphan Peccini <stephan peccini fr>]

Fri, 21 May 2010 00:21:50 +0200
Kao Chen <kaochen2 gmail com> a écrit :

> When you open 9 desktops, Is it one by application?

For some applications, yes. But not always: I can have 2 or 3
applications on the same desktop, depending on the number of different
windows by application (like Gimp for example).

> And when you begin to work, do you add all the desktops at the first
> time? Or did you save your workspaces and you recall them after each
> start up? I don't know if it's possible.

My nine desktops are always opened and the applications I use the most
are automatically opened in the good desktop and at the right place
with the right size (I use devilspie for that).

> My first impression is that you go around the problem. The absence of
> a task bar, force you to open many desktops. The overview become your
> big Alt-Tab switch panel. I don't know if its a good way to handle
> the situation or not.

Before using Gnome Shell, I was using KDE with task bar and I already
had 10 desktops (each of them associated to a specific activity).

> But I think that many people will not do like that. They just want
> launch their applications and switch quickly between them.

I have never been as quick as I am now for switching between my
applications. It's one of the reasons of my choice, one other is
that I can have a good view of the progress of all my applications
without switching from one to another. I know that I was able to do
that with KDE, but I prefer the approach of Gnome.

> If it's my first approach of Gnome, I will launch many applications
> on the same desktop and I will need to handle that. It's can take
> many years for a no-geek to find your trick.
> Unconsciously, they will reduce the number of open applications, and
> limits the number of copy paste, because It's hard to switch.

Perhaps you're right, I don't know. It's the reason why I'm just saying
that what I expect is to keep on having the overview to switch between
my applications. If other possibilities are given to get the same
result, it will OK for me, of course. In the way I have understood
the goal of Gnome Shell: providing a better way to organize activities,
multiple desktops are one of the tools to reach this goal. Somebody
using Gnome Shell should have this idea in mind, from my point of view.
But, if having another possibility to manage applications help people
to begin or to efficiently use Gnome Shell, I could be a
good idea.

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