Re: [Usability] Hiding Viewports

[Sander Vesik <sv117949 ireland sun com>]

On 13 Feb 2002, Seth Nickell wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 13:53, Sander Vesik wrote:
> > On 13 Feb 2002, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 09:34, John Sheehan wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > The omission of viewports from the new Workspace List applet
> > > > is definitely a positive step to a more simple usable desktop.
> > > > 
> > > > However there are still remnants of viewport functionality
> > > > via the Control Centre whereby users can create viewports
> > > > and allow access to them by edge flipping.
> > > > 
> > > > In the current port of the Sawfish capplet, is there any
> > > > agreement that the two viewport options in the Control Centre 
> > > > Workspace tabs be omitted i.e. don't cut out out Viewport
> > > > functionality from Sawfish, just don't allow it to be accessed.
> > > 
> > > I don't know if it will be possible for this release, but we would
> > > really like to ditch all the Sawfish capplets. The generic "Window
> > 		       ^^^
> > 
> > Which all? There is just one sawfish capplet, the menu entries are all
> > just different invocations of teh same capplet with different parameters.
> 
> Whatever, it has a rather large number of entries in the menu system and
> they look like independent capplets to the user. This is like saying
> that all the GenUtil applets are really one big applet, its silly and
> makes a distinction users never see.
> 
> > > Properties" capplet is not finished though, so we may be stuck with
> > > sawfish capplets for one more release (oh well).
> > > 
> > 
> > Why would desktop propeties (like say the number of workspaces) be set by
> > a capplet called window propeties? We are also very badly running into
> > beta with the introduction of new code if we introduce the new window
> > propeties capplet...
> 
> It wouldn't be. The number of workspaces is set by selecting properties
> on the workspace switcher "applet" menu. We just can't get rid of
> Sawfish capplets entirely until some of the functionality is in other
> capplets, and the big one that's missing right now is the window
> properties capplet.
> 

Seth - does anybody else but you agree this is a good direction to go? 

> -Seth
> 

	Sander

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