Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview

[Ryan Peters <sloshy45 sbcglobal net>]

On 04/09/2011 11:28 AM, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 10:44 -0500, Marshall Neill wrote:
> > I looked at the 'new' interface and have only 1 suggestion and I am not
> > sure how to convey this.
> > Right-handed people would seem to look to the right and moving the mouse
> > to the right is easier.
> > So, with that thought in mind, move the Overwiew, Applications, Library
> > to the right (flipped so to speak).
> > In this way when the user moves the mouse to Applications the categories
> > are immediately below.  No  moving from one side of the screen to the
> > other.  Everything in one place.
> > If the user is left-handed then move the category list to the other side
> > of the iconized list of applications.
> > Upon installation perhaps you could ask if the user is right-handed or
> > left-handed with a radio button.  This would also be a possible to
> > change the  mouse to left-handed.  You could explain how this will
> > effect the interface with pictures,  as you do when the OS is installing.
> > To carry the theme even further at install time, you could display sizes
> > of icons on the panel.  Let them choose smaller, larger, whatever.
> > Man, I hope I made myself clear.  It's hard to explain in text and so
> > easy in images but I suck at creating images.
> I have suggested this in the past, but not because of left handed people
> (or anything of that sort) but for sake of proximity to the categories
> and, more so, the new workspace panel(pane). It will also minimize mouse
> movements across the screen.  Either that, or leave it as is, and flip
> the activities overlay (dash goes to the right and workspace manager to
> the left)
>
> <!--although, I have another concept for dash and workspace manager that
> is entirely different.  But that, another story -->
>
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Alright... Then where would the Status Menu go? How would you logout, 
suspend, power off, go to the System Settings, or disable notifications? 
Putting it anywhere else besides one of the corners would be rather 
awkward...

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the reason why there isn't a seperate 
"applications" button right now is because the designers actually want 
to /discourage/ the use of it. It's not something that you're supposed 
to be constantly using, but rather something so you can add an 
application to the favorites list on the dash or so you know it's name, 
as launching the application from the search function is much faster 
than searching for it directly. I could be wrong, but this is something 
that I believe I read once before. Oh, also, it would add clutter to the 
top panel and increase the minimum screen size somewhat (especially if 
the application icon on the top panel was kept with these three buttons).