Re: Taskbar replacement

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Onyeibo Oku <twohotis gmail com> wrote:
> On 03/20/2011 10:11 PM, Jasper St. Pierre wrote:
>
> Because the mockup/screenshot took a minute or two to come up, here's
> a mirror: http://i.imgur.com/MPqe2.png
>
> Thanks man
>
> Most people who are asking for a "taskbar" are really asking for an
> easier way to switch windows. Speaking on my own, I really, really
> like this idea, with a few caveats:
>
> :)
>
> 1) I don't like the way you trigger it: it will probably frustratng
> that touching the top of the screen by accident is a bit 'destructive'
> in terms of workflow, but that can be fixed.
> 2) It's a bad idea that all the window close buttons are lined up like
> that, so we should probably hide the close button on all windows but
> the current one.
> 3) What happens with skinny windows? Will they just have a really,
> really big title bar? What about windows that have a specified max
> size?
>
> Very genuine considerations.  Any ideas? I mean, for me the concept of
> emerging title bars is what I'm marketing here. I didn't consider details.
>
> Having the "title bar" be a lookalike would probably be better: when
> you trigger it, a window list of lookalike window decorations, without
> close buttons, slides down, 'pushing' the current window down, and
> selecting a window fades the real window you selected in.
>
> I'm trying to paint a mental picture of your description but its blurry.
> Could you make a sketch?  A rough pencil sketch should get my rusty
> imaginative capabilities back online.  Then I might be able to enhance it.
>

Just spent 20-30 minutes making this: http://jsfiddle.net/tmcvN/2/