Comments on: Clever windows management for Gnome http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/ Stefano Forenza - Personal Blog Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:31:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Koen http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35609 Koen Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:19:45 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35609 @ Richard Querin The title-bars that are always visible have 2 sides 1 - It is easy for new-computer-users. some aren't even aware of the task-bar. 2 - It is claiming a lot of screen-space @ Richard Querin

The title-bars that are always visible have 2 sides

1 – It is easy for new-computer-users. some aren’t even aware of the task-bar.
2 – It is claiming a lot of screen-space

]]> By: TualatriX http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35572 TualatriX Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:06:26 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35572 The design is so great! I can't wait to use GNOME 3 now! The design is so great!
I can’t wait to use GNOME 3 now!

]]> By: Richard Querin http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35571 Richard Querin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:02:46 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35571 Some neat ideas in there. I'm not sure keeping all the titlebars visible necessarily saves screen real estate. I would think a single status bar at the bottom would be much more efficient than having 6 titlebars floating around. But this looks probably worse in the video just because they're treating the Menu bar as part of the window header, so it's two lines deep. A neat idea, but not if you're going to keep them all visible. I think there are a lot of innovations that could happen in window management, but at the same time I would worry about reaching too far too quickly. It would be nice to see some innovative change that wouldn't necessarily make people change the way they have to work, but would be a much more efficient option that would make people *want* to change the way they work. Of course I have absolutely no idea what that would be. :) Some neat ideas in there. I’m not sure keeping all the titlebars visible necessarily saves screen real estate. I would think a single status bar at the bottom would be much more efficient than having 6 titlebars floating around. But this looks probably worse in the video just because they’re treating the Menu bar as part of the window header, so it’s two lines deep. A neat idea, but not if you’re going to keep them all visible.

I think there are a lot of innovations that could happen in window management, but at the same time I would worry about reaching too far too quickly. It would be nice to see some innovative change that wouldn’t necessarily make people change the way they have to work, but would be a much more efficient option that would make people *want* to change the way they work.

Of course I have absolutely no idea what that would be. :)

]]> By: Stefano Forenza http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35552 Stefano Forenza Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:06:52 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35552 @David: well, I didn't miss it, just not understood it completely. Not sure how much I like it. I really should try it :-) @David: well, I didn’t miss it, just not understood it completely. Not sure how much I like it. I really should try it :-)

]]> By: David http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35549 David Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:29:42 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35549 I think you missed the most important idea in this mock-up: titlebars go out of their way (literally) not to be hidden. That is the source of all the funny movement that windows are doing in the video. In a sense, this is kind of like a “lite” version of tiling window management. The huge advantage of this is that you can always find a window. This makes the taskbar (and dock) completely unnecessary, thus saving a lot of screen space. Even minimization wouldn’t really be needed, which the video seems to be implying subtly. The window manager would actually be managing windows. This would compliment the GNOME Shell work quite well. Incidentally, the author of the mock-up put up a short explanation on GNOME-Look.org: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=107488 I think you missed the most important idea in this mock-up: titlebars go out of their way (literally) not to be hidden. That is the source of all the funny movement that windows are doing in the video. In a sense, this is kind of like a “lite” version of tiling window management. The huge advantage of this is that you can always find a window. This makes the taskbar (and dock) completely unnecessary, thus saving a lot of screen space. Even minimization wouldn’t really be needed, which the video seems to be implying subtly. The window manager would actually be managing windows. This would compliment the GNOME Shell work quite well.

Incidentally, the author of the mock-up put up a short explanation on GNOME-Look.org: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=107488

]]> By: lm http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35547 lm Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:48:29 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35547 dunno i can see it working but i can also see it failing, but i want to believe so fingers crossed dunno i can see it working but i can also see it failing, but i want to believe so fingers crossed

]]> By: Robert (wheels) http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35546 Robert (wheels) Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:35:21 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35546 I hope this is the start of cool ideas ,to give Gnome some real sweet looks and apps that can compliment each other. I hope this is the start of cool ideas ,to give Gnome some real sweet looks and apps that can compliment each other.

]]> By: Alexander http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35541 Alexander Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:03:56 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35541 Impressive and FUNCTIONAL demo. Compiz is often too cluttered. But as you show, clutter library rocks! http://clutter-project.org/ Impressive and FUNCTIONAL demo. Compiz is often too cluttered.
But as you show, clutter library rocks!
http://clutter-project.org/

]]> By: Stefano Forenza http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35539 Stefano Forenza Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:22:10 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35539 @Koen: Who knows :) @Koen: Who knows :)

]]> By: Koen http://www.stefanoforenza.com/clever-windows-management-for-gnome/comment-page-1/#comment-35538 Koen Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:46:09 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=1942#comment-35538 Do you think Ubuntu is going to use this? i LOVE it! Do you think Ubuntu is going to use this? i LOVE it!

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