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Subject: Re: [Panel-devel] [RFC] Interaction model for "building" your shell
From: Vinay Khaitan <vkhaitan () gmail ! com>
Date: 2005-09-15 6:09:26
Message-ID: 56c534770509142309a956602 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Have people looked into the ideas of slicker <http://slicker.sf.net> ?
They had some nice ideas.
On 9/14/05, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 14 September 2005 05:46, Barış Metin wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 September 2005 01:24, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > 1. Create widgets on the main widget.
> > 2. Select two/three of them with Shift+LMB
> > 3. Select "Lay out horizantally".
> > 4. Than choose "break layout" from the toolbar.
>
> i'm hoping we can make it a bit more free form and just "drag and droppy"
> than
> this.. we'll see =)
>
> ever played with kwin's "magnetic borders"?
>
> > Graphics programs or designer-like GUI builders already deal with this
> > problem - placement/layout of multiple objects on the screen. We can
> just
> > take a look at them and maybe just imitate ;).
>
> a little less geeky than designer perhaps, but i like the direction ...
> have
> you played with dashboard? it has that little ribbon at the bottom. rather
> limited, but still more prior art to look at.
>
> > > > 2) Having a special action "somewhere"(*) triggering the edit mode.
> In
> > > > this case every windows are hidden, and only the desktop and its
> > > > plasmoids are accessible until you switch back to the normal mode.
> > >
> > > yes, we just need to find a place for it. this is a job for the
> usability
> > > people =)
> >
> > My first try would be "right click on the desktop and search for the
> > keyword edit" :).
>
> sounds about right.
>
> > I really liked the idea of "plasmoid composition"
>
> oooh. i like that!
>
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Have people looked into the ideas of <a href="http://slicker.sf.net">slicker</a> \
?<br> They had some nice ideas.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/14/05, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Aaron J. Seigo</b> <<a \
href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wednesday 14 September 2005 05:46, Barış Metin \
wrote:<br>> On Thursday 15 September 2005 01:24, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:<br>> 1. \
Create widgets on the main widget.<br>> 2. Select two/three of them with \
Shift+LMB<br> > 3. Select "Lay out horizantally".<br>> 4. Than choose \
"break layout" from the toolbar.<br><br>i'm hoping we can make it a bit \
more free form and just "drag and droppy" than<br>this.. we'll see =) \
<br><br>ever played with kwin's "magnetic borders"?<br><br>> Graphics \
programs or designer-like GUI builders already deal with this<br>> problem - \
placement/layout of multiple objects on the screen. We can just <br>> take a look \
at them and maybe just imitate ;).<br><br>a little less geeky than designer perhaps, \
but i like the direction ... have<br>you played with dashboard? it has that little \
ribbon at the bottom. rather<br> limited, but still more prior art to look \
at.<br><br>> > > 2) Having a special action "somewhere"(*) \
triggering the edit mode. In<br>> > > this case every windows are hidden, \
and only the desktop and its <br>> > > plasmoids are accessible until you \
switch back to the normal mode.<br>> ><br>> > yes, we just need to find a \
place for it. this is a job for the usability<br>> > people =)<br>><br>> \
My first try would be "right click on the desktop and search for the <br>> \
keyword edit" :).<br><br>sounds about right.<br><br>> I really liked the idea \
of "plasmoid composition"<br><br>oooh. i like that!<br><br>--<br>Aaron J. \
Seigo<br>GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 \
DB43 <br><br>Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (<a \
href="http://www.trolltech.com">http://www.trolltech.com</a>)<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Panel-devel \
mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Panel-devel@kde.org"> Panel-devel@kde.org</a><br><a \
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