Re: [Usability]UI problems in the latest GNOME2 beta

[Luis Villa <louie ximian com>]

On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 15:17, James Ramsey wrote:
> Window list panel applet
> ========================
> 
> This applet is invisible unless some task is running.
> It doesn't even have a handle (at least not by
> default). This is a problem because if a user adds
> this applet to the panel when no tasks are running,
> there is no feedback that anything has changed; the
> user appears to have done nothing (since the applet
> isn't visible).
> 
> I suggest that this applet either have a handle on it
> at one of its ends or that there be a depression in
> the panel where the empty part of the window list is.
> The latter is probably better, since it would be
> harder to overlook than a handle. It also would give
> more info on the size and shape of the window applet.

Very filed bug; though I don't know the number offhand.

> Workplace switcher (pager)
> ==========================
> 
> First, the workspace switcher only shows Sawfish's
> workspaces, not its viewports. This wouldn't be a
> problem, except that Sawfish's window menu allows a
> user to send a window to a viewport. In fact, the
> feedback from the workspace switcher implies that
> switching a window to another viewport causes the
> other windows to have disappear (even though they are
> still there, just hidden). It also makes it harder for
> a user to tell on which viewports of the workspace
> his/her windows are.

Hrm. Not sure that this is a filed bug.

> Second, the Properties dialog of the switcher makes it
> appear that the number of available workspaces can be
> changed from the dialog, when in fact, the workspace
> count can only be changed from sawfish-ui. Trying to
> change the number of workspaces from the Properties
> dialog is ineffective. Note: this may be a bug in the
> Workspace switcher functionality itself.

Filed already.

Luis