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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Taskbar -> tabbar?
From:       Maurizio Colucci <seguso.forever () tin ! it>
Date:       2004-12-29 22:54:39
Message-ID: 41D335AF.9020509 () tin ! it
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Luke-Jr wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 December 2004 10:19 pm, Maurizio Colucci wrote:
> 
>>Luke-Jr wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday 29 December 2004 9:07 pm, Maurizio Colucci wrote:
>>>
>>>>* the taskbar is decoupled from kicker and becomes a tab bar (like
>>>>the tab bar in konqueror, for tabbed browsing). Each button in the
>>>>taskbar becomes a tab.
>>>
>>>Why decouple it from kicker? You can just add a panel with only the
>>>Task/tabbar in it...
>>
>>I'm not sure how this would look.
> 
> 
> The same as a dedicated tabbar, I would expect. Except that you could 
> optionally have the Hide button, etc...
> 
> 
>>>>* (optional) the "tabified" taskbar has a button which allows
>>>>setting the order of the windows: by creation time, by last usage
>>>>time. (in the screenshot, this button is shown on the left end of
>>>>the tab bar).
>>>
>>>I think I'd much prefer a tabbar that doesn't sort, but allows me to
>>>manually rearrange the order.
>>
>>A dynamic sort by recent usage would make it easy to continuously toggle
>>between two windows. Also, to cycle between three windows. Currently,
>>this is difficult if you have, say, 10 windows open.
> 
> 
> This is accomplished quite easilly. Resize both windows to use half the screen 
> each. :)

Ok but, does this look simpler to you than sorting windows like ALT+TAB 
does?

As I said, having small windows gives me the feeling to look at things 
through a peephole. :) And some apps don't work well with a small window.

Also, the resizing operation is not pleasant to do. I hate it. Ah, I 
really do. :-)


>>I guess the "minimize window" button was invented to make it easy to
>>toggle between two windows, but it is not a good solution IMHO.
> 
> 
> Actually, I think it is more for getting to the desktop. It's a bad solution, 
> I agree, but as a result I simply don't have anything on my desktop.


BTW, the reason why I think it's bad is that it is not symmetrical. 
Suppose I want to toggle between window A and B. If I see A and I want 
to see B, I click on A to minimize it, showing B. But then, when I want 
to see A again, I have to click on A, not on B.

> 
> 
>>>>* only one window is visible at a time.
>>>
>>>Very annoying.
>>
>>Why? Your conscious attention can only be focused on one thing at a
>>time.
> 
> 
> I generally can do at least 3 or 4 things at any one time. 

Only one consciously. :-)

(Unless you want to contradict the whole literature on the topic of the 
brain. ;-))

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Cheers,
Maurizio
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