Gnome-Shell Progress

[Juergen Mangler <juergen mangler univie ac at>]

tried out the newest version, progresses nicely. Especially great - 
virtual desktops in vertical list in overview mode.

Some feeback:

* Right now it is only possible to move windows to new virtual desktops 
at the end of the list. Sometimes its nice to have a them in a new 
virtual desktop BEFORE or AFTER the CURRENT desktop instead of in the 
last desktop.
* Having devilspie-ish functionality included would be nice. E.g. group 
windows in a virtual desktop and then save the arrangement for future 
use (a bunch of apps always together on the same - a new - desktop). The 
question also is: what happens to apps that are autostarted have windows 
open open all the time - rhythmbox, banshee, pidgin, skype, ...
Of course it should work somehow automagically (can't imagine how though).
* Nice to have: option to have virtual desktop list visible all the time 
in overview mode.
* Nice to have: option to have virtual desktop list visible in normal 
mode (as autohided desktop list).
* Alt-tab (window switching) is powerful, but is somewhat clumsy to use 
in combination with the cursor keys. I’d like to map alt-tab to 
capslock, which was not possible.
* For overview mode it would be nice to maybe reuse something like 
kupfer, which has many additional plugins. Kupfer also allows to switch 
windows, which could inspire keyboard navigation for alt-tab (window 
switching). E.g. capslock key, type name of app or window to filter 
list, then navigate with cursor.
* Changing between desktops with keyboard shortcut (CTRL-ALT-[UP,DOWN]) 
should show preview of virtual desktops (as in overview mode) instead of 
just symbolic icons with arrows in it.

Things i did not like:
* intel performance (GMA945, mac mini series 2) is still a disaster for 
high resolutions (1920×1200).
* performance when using search in overview mode is really bad.
=> In both cases it seems to be the animations that make for a laggy and 
uneasy experience. Maybe include an option to switch off most animations 
(e.g. when changing to overview mode)?

All in all: really nice progress.

eTM