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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Pooling task bar buttons.
From:       Jesse Andrews <jdandr2 () uky ! edu>
Date:       2002-02-08 18:59:09
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I like this idea...  One comment is that on the bar3.png example, you still 
had space allociated for the icon in the button for each window...  you could 
put more text on the text covered the whole button...

ja

On Wednesday 06 February 2002 10:25, Sean Pecor wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Gazing dumbfounded at my taskbar this morning I came upon an idea that I
> thought worthy enough to discuss here.
>
> What about pooling task bar buttons per application, such that individual
> rectangular regions in the task bar are automatically defined. Each
> rectangular region would contain only buttons for similar applications.
> The idea is here to keep all buttons visible, but design visual groupings
> that the mind can navigate quickly. A "handle" for each grouping would
> allow you to move groupings around. Or perhaps an icon _inside_ each handle
> denoting the application could be pressed to maximize the group's button
> width; other grouping's would have their buttons shrink to make room.
>
> As an illustration, here is my current task bar:
>
> http://extranet.digitalspinner.com/bar1.png
>
> Here is a very rough illustration of what I'm taking about:
>
> http://extranet.digitalspinner.com/bar3.png
>
> In the above, I omitted the redundant icons. But in retrospect I think
> showing them all would be better.
>
> Does anyone have thoughts on this? I think in general there is something
> good here, but the visual framework would really need to be hammered out
> more.
>
> Sean.

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