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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Managing multiple desktops
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-05-15 1:35:00
Message-ID: 200505141935.01845.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Saturday 14 May 2005 06:45, David Laban wrote:
> I try to keep one desktop for each of: net, chat, relaxation, mail, real
> work, and admin(generally has a root terminal on or something) however:

in KDE4 i'd like to experiment with making it easier to make the desktops 
"task/project oriented" so that you can make an "email" desktop and all email 
things will happen there, for instance. i'm still working on details of how 
this would work, but i have a suspicion that if done right it would help make 
virtual desktops more accessible to the general public.

> 1) click the appropriate desktop
> 2) middle click on the taskbar entry so it automatically goes "to current
> desktop" (or raises itself and gets focus if it's already here)
>
> Total: 1 click plus 1 per desktop

how about dragging from the taskbar to the pager? (that's already in SVN)

i really don't have a huge ideological thing against what you're requesting 
though.

> Sometimes I wish I knew more about C++/Qt/dcop because a lot of usability
> related things seem like they'd be pretty simple to code to someone in the
> know. Does anyone know of any online resources that I could use to get me
> started?

learning C++ is best done by a book, IME. there are a number of them at the 
bookstore / library.

for Qt, it comes with tutorials that you can follow. and developer.kde.org has 
information on KDE, including extensive API documentation.

btw, this "how do i start issue" is why i'm putting together Lyceum (devel 
site: http://lyceum.bddf.org). until then .. =)

you can also ask questions on kde-devel@kde.org and on irc in #kde-devel on 
the freenode.net IRC network.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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