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so, me and aaron discussed this last week, and then I promptly forgot all=20
about writing any of it down. ;)

it makes a lot more sense when you see the mockups...

I'll try and re-explain it in my own words, hopefully it'll be clearer when=
=20
seen from > 1 POV :)

basically, the idea is to replace the zui (and the proposed windowgroup eff=
ect) =20
with a full overview of everything. no more confusing separation of windows=
=20
and activities, get all your context-switching right here. this isn't reall=
y=20
about a a UI for switching windows any more, it's about managing them.

on the [top two thirds?] of the screen we have window groups (aka tags). on=
=20
the bottom third we have a row of activities (which are secretly also tags=
=20
too).

in terms of window management, you can (iirc) move/copy windows into differ=
ent=20
groups. you can also copy them to an activity (which really is just tagging=
=20
htem with that activity). windows tagged with an activity only show in the=
=20
overview when that activity is selected. by default new windows wouldn't be=
=20
associated with an activity, and would be in the current window group=20
(basically the same behaviour as now).
I assume we could use drag&drop for this as well as clicking buttons.

iirc, when you leave the overview you'll see the windows that were showing =
in=20
the selected window group (so, those with that tag AND the current activity=
's=20
tag). so now you can switch groups as you switched virtual-desktops before,=
=20
but if some windows are tagged with an activity then they're not going to s=
how=20
up until you go to the overview and switch to that activity (or use a plasm=
oid=20
to switch activity, or use my mouse plugin, or...)

back to the overview:
the activity strip at the bottom might only have interaction possible for t=
he=20
current activity; you'll still be able to drag applets off that one onto=20
another activity. unless a plasmoid doesn't have anywhere to drag from :P (=
the=20
notes applet has a richtext bar at the bottom now, phew)

each screen will show a strip with the activities for just that screen (I'm=
=20
assuming we can still drag an activity to another screen). inactive=20
containments will be available through some other mechanism which I've=20
forgotten. possibly you press a button and a second strip pops up.

to me, this kind of sounds like another kind of dashboard; the current=20
dashboard lets me get at my desktop (but not zoom out :( ), this overview o=
ne=20
would let me get at all my activites and windows and manage them properly.

hrm. I guess that means we need another global keyboard shortcut to activat=
e=20
it? it's either that or I put the "show overview" plasmoid on one of my=20
panels, and I like keyboard shortcuts better than buttons on panels.


oh, and I still think window tagging should also be available by right-
clicking the titlebar of windows, the way you can move them to another desk=
top=20
now. and through the regular taskbar too.

=2D-=20
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